Illinois prison officials released an illegal alien from Mexico on parole after he served time for a drunk-driving crash that killed a Marine veteran, refusing to honor an ICE detainer and failing to notify federal authorities, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Vicente Torres-Vasquez was arrested at large by ICE days later.
Torres-Vasquez caused a fatal crash on July 24, 2011, in Wauconda, Illinois, while driving under the influence.
The illegal alien struck and killed 55-year-old Gregory Errol Homola, a Marine Corps veteran riding a motorcycle. He was a father of five.
Two women in another vehicle were also injured.
Torres-Vasquez was convicted in 2012 of aggravated DUI resulting in death and two counts of aggravated DUI resulting in great bodily injury. He received a 25-year prison sentence.
EXCLUSIVE: DHS is blasting the sanctuary state of Illinois after they allege the state ignored an ICE detainer on a Mexican illegal alien w/ a deportation order, four DUI arrests, and a prior conviction for a DUI crash that killed U.S. Marine veteran Gregory Errol Homola in IL in 2011. Despite a 25 year prison sentence from that 2012 conviction, Illinois released the alien from prison early last week via parole, and DHS says their detainer was ignored & they received no notification or cooperation on his release. ICE says they tracked him down and arrested him at large on Wednesday after his release into the public.
The alien’s name is Vicente Torres-Vasquez. He is known to have entered the US illegally at least three times in the mid 2000s, and he has had a final deportation order since 2010, per ICE. That final deportation order was active on 7/24/2011, when Torres-Vasquez drove drunk and crashed into Homola on his motorcycle in Wauconda, IL, killing him.
DHS Secretary Mullin statement to @FoxNews:
“This illegal alien was sentenced to 25 years in prison after killing a man while drunk behind the wheel. When ICE lodged a detainer ahead of his release on parole, sanctuary politicians in JB Pritzker’s Illinois refused to cooperate with us and released him without notifying ICE,” said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “Thankfully, the brave patriots of ICE managed to arrest this killer anyway, and he will now be deported from our country.”
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) November 13, 2026
Shockingly, Torres-Vasquez had previously been arrested four times for DUI and convicted on three of those counts.
Torres-Vasquez entered the United States illegally at least three times, received voluntary departures in 2004, and had a final order of removal issued by an immigration judge on November 11, 2010, before going on to kill Homola.
ICE lodged a detainer with the Illinois River Correctional Center in 2017.
Torres-Vasquez was later transferred to Stateville Correctional Center ahead of his parole date, and ICE lodged a second detainer.
On November 2, Stateville refused to honor the detainer and released him on parole without notifying ICE.
WATCH:
Vicente Torres-Vasquez, an illegal alien from Mexico, was arrested in Wauconda, Illinois after a DUI crash that KILLED Marine Veteran Gregory Errol Homola on July 24, 2011.
This should have never happened, as this illegal alien had previously been arrested FOUR TIMES for driving under the influence.
ICE lodged a detainer, and then lodged another detainer when he was transferred to another prison. But on November 2, 2026, sanctuary politicians refused to honor the ICE detainer and RELEASED him.
On November 11, @EROChicago arrested Vicente Torres-Vasquez at large. He will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.
Sanctuary politicians need to stop prioritizing political power over the safety of their constituents.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) November 13, 2026
Illinois’s TRUST Act generally bars state and local facilities from honoring immigration detainers or cooperating with federal immigration enforcement in most cases.
On November 11, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in Chicago located and arrested Torres-Vasquez at large. He now remains in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement, “This illegal alien was sentenced to 25 years in prison after killing a man while drunk behind the wheel. When ICE lodged a detainer ahead of his release on parole, sanctuary politicians in J.B. Pritzker’s Illinois refused to cooperate with us and released him without notifying ICE. Thankfully, the brave patriots of ICE managed to arrest this killer anyway, and he will now be deported from our country. These heartless sanctuary politicians need to stop prioritizing political power over the safety of their constituents. They owe it to the Angel Families to work with us so that we can prevent any more American lives from being lost to illegal alien crime.”
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