MECKLENBURG — Federal agents have arrested an illegal immigrant from Mexico who was released from custody by Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office after being convicted of felony death by motor vehicle in a drunken-driving incident. Jose Barajas-Diaz was arrested by ICE on Friday, one week after the sheriff’s office refused to honor an ICE detainer and released him from custody.
Barajas-Diaz was convicted on Oct. 24 and given a five-year suspended sentence with credit for time served. The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office then refused to honor the ICE detainer and released him into the community.
