Immigration puts hold on illegal in fatal bus crash

Suspect in accident that killed 4 kids identified as 24-year-old from Guatemala

Posted: February 25, 2008 10:42 pm Eastern
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Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities have placed a hold on a woman who was driving a van that allegedly barreled through a stop sign and hit a school bus, killing four Minnesota school children.

The announcement came as Minnesota authorities confirmed the woman was identified as Olga Marina Franco, 24, from Guatemala. She first had given the name Alianiss Nunez Morales, and provided her age as 23, her home country Mexico.

The Lyon County attorney, Richard Maes, has charged the woman with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide, driving without a license and running a stop sign. But if and when those counts are resolved, she still faces custody, because of the paperwork filed by ICE to keep her behind bars, according to a report from Associated Press.

Federal officials confirm they have developed probable cause to believe she is an illegal alien, a status confirmed earlier by state officials.