Widow Slams Twice Deported Illegal Alien Responsible for Husband’s Death, Prosecutor Denies Problem

In court on Friday, Deborah Monroe, the wife of slain Uber driver Jeffrey Monroe, unleashed her fury on the twice-deported illegal alien responsible for the death of her husband as well as Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson telling the guilty that she was “empty inside” and ridiculing his 16-year jail sentence claiming that justice was not served. Despite the guilty’s previous immigration history, the prosecutor in the case argued that this incident highlights the dangers of drunk driving, not illegal immigration.

Manuel Orrego-Savala, an illegal alien drunk driver, killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson as well as an Uber driver named Jeffrey Monroe in February in the Indianapolis area. According to the Indy Star, he was arrested after “he crashed a Ford F-150 pickup truck into a vehicle stopped on the shoulder of I-70. His blood-alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit.”

While on his drunken joyride, he hit Monroe and Jackson. At his sentencing on Friday, Monroe’s widow declared that Orrego-Savala was “a drunk, a liar, a murderer, and a coward.”

“You didn’t even have the decency to pull his dead body from the road before you ran,” she added. “He was my everything. He was the love of my life…Every time I go by there, I see his blood on the road..I’m empty inside.” . . .

Despite the fact that Orrego-Savala was aware he was not allowed in the country, Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry released a statement saying, “The tragic loss of Edwin Jackson and Jeffery Monroe drew national attention, but not for the appropriate reasons. Their deaths should serve as a stark reminder to the unnecessary fatal consequences that can result from intoxicated driving.” (Read more from “Widow Slams Twice Deported Illegal Alien Responsible for Husband’s Death, Prosecutor Denies Problem” HERE)

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