Illegal Immigrant Convicted Of Killing Colts Player And His Driver Will Serve More Time

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INDIANAPOLIS — An illegal immigrant from Guatemala convicted of drunken driving in a crash that killed Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver has been sentenced to an additional 42 months in prison for illegally re-entering the U.S. after being deported.

On Tuesday federal prosecutors said that 38-year-old Manuel Orrego-Zavala will serve the additional time after he completes a 16-year state sentence for the February 2018 crash that killed Jackson and 54-year-old Uber driver Jeffrey Monroe of Avon.

Monroe had pulled onto a shoulder on Interstate 70 in Indianapolis when the 26-year-old Jackson became ill, and they were standing outside Monroe’s car when Orrego-Zavala’s truck crashed into them.

Federal officials say that Orrego-Zavala had been deported twice, once following his conviction on two drug felonies in California.