ICE Lodges Detainer for Illegal Alien Charged with Fatal DUI Hit-and-Run in Indiana

This illegal alien was RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged a detainer asking officials in Indiana to not release an illegal alien who has been charged with a DUI hit-and-run that killed a woman in Indianapolis.

According to local reporting, the crash took place on September 26. A vehicle traveling at high speed struck another vehicle, which caused the first vehicle to drive through a gas station parking lot, hitting and killing 33-year-old Tamara Renee Thomas. The driver then fled the scene.

The aftermath of the crash that killed Tamara Renee Thomas, 33, in Indianapolis

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) later arrested the suspect, Edwin Alexander Sosa-Gonzalez, an illegal alien from Honduras, and charged him with operating while intoxicated causing death, leaving the scene of a vehicle accident that caused death or catastrophic injury, and leaving the scene of a vehicle accident resulting in death.

The suspect: Edwin Alexander Sosa-Gonzalez

ICE lodged a detainer for Sosa-Gonzalez with the Marion County Jail on September 27. His criminal history includes a prior arrest by the IMPD for operating a vehicle while intoxicated endangering a person and operating a vehicle with ever receiving a license in February 2024 after an accident that damaged three parked vehicles. He was transferred to ICE custody following that arrest, but was released on bond just one day after entering custody under the Biden Administration.

"This illegal alien, who had been released into our country by the Biden Administration, took the life of 33-year-old Tamara Renee Thomas because he was drunk behind the wheel," said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. "He has now been charged with hit-and-run and driving under the influence. ICE has lodged a detainer asking officials in Indiana to cooperate with us and make sure this killer never gets back onto the streets again. This disaster was completely avoidable, and were it not for the reckless open-border policies of the Biden Administration, this woman would still be alive. My thoughts and prayers are with Tamara's family and friends."

Sosa-Gonzalez illegally entered the United States through Texas in July 2021 and was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol. He was then RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration. A DOJ Immigration Judge issued Sosa-Gonzalez a final order of removal on June 5, 2026.

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