A Honduran man accused of fleeing the country following his arrest in connection with a fatal crash in 2016 has been ...

Department of Justice Coordinates International Extraditions **Washington, D.C.** - The U.S. Department of Justice, in ...

Eswin Mejía was returned from Honduras to Omaha, Nebraska last week to face charges in the death of Iowan Sarah Root.

Bond has been set at $100 million for the Honduran man charged in the death of Sarah Root of Council Bluffs in a 2016 traffic ...

A man accused in a deadly crash in Omaha appeared in court Monday — nine years after authorities say he went on the lam.

On January 31, 2026, law enforcement says Eswin Mejia, an illegal immigrant, was driving drunk when he struck and killed ...

The man charged in the death of Sarah Root — a 21-year-old Council Bluffs woman who was killed in a crash in Omaha in 2016 ...

The alleged drunk driving killer of Sarah Root, 21, was extradited from Honduras on Friday after he fled the U.S. years ago, the Trump administration said ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday the Trump administration announced the extradition of Root's alleged killer ...

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Eswin Mejia could post bond, but ‘Sarah’s Law' would require federal authorities to detain him immediately if he does.

The man charged in the death of Sarah Root — a 21-year-old Council Bluffs woman killed in a crash in 2016 — is set to appear ...