Illegal alien behind horrific Everett hit-and-run crossed border under Biden Administration policy, ICE says

Tim Dunn, Boston Herald on Dec 11, 2025

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BOSTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says the illegal immigrant with a history of reckless driving who caused a horrific hit-and-run crash Sunday, which sent a woman flying nearly 80-feet and has left her in serious condition, was let into the country under a Biden Administration border policy.

The agency tells the Herald that the illegal immigrant from Peru, Brando Diaz-Sanchez, 23, was arrested by agents on Tuesday and had been let into the country under the Biden Administration’s “catch and release” policy. Diaz-Sanchez had originally been ordered held on just $2,500 bail by Malden District Court Judge James Murphy.

“On Dec. 9, 2025, ICE Boston arrested Deyvis Diaz-Sanchez, a criminal illegal alien from Peru, after his release from state custody,” said an ICE spokesperson. “Diaz-Sanchez, who entered the United States illegally in 2022 and was released under the Biden administration’s ‘catch and release’ policy, was recently charged in a Dec. 8 hit and run in Everett, Massachusetts. He is expected to be charged with leaving the scene of an accident with a person injured, operating negligently, unlicensed operation, crosswalk violation, failure to stop/yield, marked lanes violation and manslaughter.”

Everett Police say Diaz-Sanchez allegedly struck the 63-year old woman with his car as she was walking near the 7/11 store on Broadway Street, leaving her with “serious injuries” before fleeing the area. The victim was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital, where police say she has been intubated with a “brain bleed and significant injury to her body.” According to the police report filed Sunday night, the victim was listed in serious condition.

Officers were able to track down the blue Acura sedan involved in the crash within 30 minutes to a home on Gledhill Avenue, where they found Diaz-Sanchez and brought him in for questioning. Diaz-Sanchez admitted to hitting the woman and fleeing the scene, and was formally arrested at the police department.

“During the interview Brando gave a detailed description of the accident,” Everett Police Detective Kristopher Gaff noted in his police report. “Brando stated that he was looking straight ahead and felt and heard the impact of the victim. Brando stated that the person hit the windshield. Brando stated he was nervous and that is why he fled the scene.”

Incredibly, Diaz-Sanchez had continued driving without a license after being charged with breaking similar traffic laws less than two months ago. Police say fingerprints of Diaz-Sanchez found that he was charged with reckless operation of a motor vehicle, driving without a license and more on September 20th under the name Deyvis Diaz-Sanchez.

“A check of Brando’s fingerprints after booking showed he was previously fingerprinted under the name Deyvis Diaz-Sanchez… Deyvis still has no license and was charged on 9/20/2025 for two counts of reckless operations, 2 counts of unlicensed operation and 2 counts of fail to stop/yield,” Detective Gaff said in his report.

The Herald has requested more information about the charges brought against Diaz-Sanchez in September from the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.

“Deyvis Diaz-Sanchez clearly represents a dire threat to the residents of Massachusetts,” said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston acting Field Office Director David Wesling. “Unfortunately, due to the sanctuary policies in the state, Diaz-Sanchez was ordered released on bond to potentially reoffend. Fortunately, ICE officers arrested Diaz-Sanchez, and he remains in ICE custody at this time where he will not be able to do any more harm to our neighbors. Sanchez will be held in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.”

Footage of the crash, graphically described by Everett Police in their report, shows the Acura driving at a high-rate of speed when it crashed into the victim, throwing her over the hood and roof of the car “a considerable distance,” what officers estimated to be about 78-feet. The victim had been using the crosswalk at the time and had activated the crosswalk lights. The Acura did not stop and continued driving in the opposite lane as it fled, according to police.

The victim was struck at such a high-rate of speed, in fact, that her shoes and pants came flying off during the impact, according to witnesses and responding officers. The police report states that when officers first arrived on scene, they approached the victim laying in the roadway “with a constant stream of blood coming from her face.”

Diaz-Sanchez has been charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident with personal injury, operating to endanger, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, a crosswalk violation, a red light violation, and a marked lanes violation.

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