Illegal immigrant convicted of killing teens in high-speed crash to be released early: 'It's disgusting'

EXCLUSIVE: The families of the victims of an Orange County, Calif., high-speed car crash are sending letters to the state to keep an illegal immigrant convicted felon behind bars, as he's expected to be released from prison over six years before his 10-year sentence is up.

Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, 43, was driving drunk, high, and speeding at nearly 100mph on the 405 freeway in Orange County in November 2021, when he crashed into a car being driven by a young couple, 19-year-olds Anya Varfolomeev and Nicholay Osokin, killing them both as they burned alive. In spring 2022, he was convicted of two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, and he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

"It's disgusting. You have two young, unbelievable future, productive American citizens killed for nothing and that illegal immigrant who already has been deported twice is going to be released again? For what? If even he is deported, he will come back," Anatoly Varfolomeev, the father of Anya, told Fox News in an interview. He has not changed Anya's room since her death. 

Before the tragedy, Ortega-Anguiano had multiple felonies on his record, as well as several convictions for driving without a license. Border czar Tom Homan vowed on Fox News to honor the detainer and swiftly place him into federal custody upon his release.

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a detainer with North Kern State Prison, Delano, California, June 9, 2022, on Oscar Eduardo Ortega-Anguiano, 43, of Mexico. He is serving time after being convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. His previous criminal convictions include burglary in 2005; vehicle theft in 2007; and battery on spouse with kidnapping in 2014," the statement from ICE explains.

"For safety and security reasons CDCR cannot provide information on an incarcerated person's release date or location in advance of their release. Incarcerated persons may earn credits for participating in rehabilitative programming, which may move their parole dates to an earlier date," the department stated.

"I hope he's going to stay in prison. I hope that he's gonna get old in prison and I hope he's getting kicked out from our country in the end," Pavel Osokin, Nicholay's father, said.

"Three years for killing two kids! It's confusing to me. Why you give them 10 if they're gonna spend five, and then three? Give them three in the beginning, at least we know what to expect. It's sort of spitting in my face," he said.