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HSI extradited defendant from Honduras to the U.S. in March 2025

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Official HSI/DHS records or extradition paperwork confirm Mejia was returned from Honduras to the U.S. in March 2025.

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The Department of Homeland Security announced that Eswin Mejia, convicted of motor vehicle homicide and flight to avoid arrest in the 2016 drunk-driving death of 21-year-old Sarah Root, was sentenced to 20–22 years in prison on February 2, 2026. DHS credited Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with extraditing Mejia from Honduras in March 2025—the first Honduran extradition to the U.S. for homicide—and noted that Sarah’s Law was added as an amendment to the Laken Riley Act. Secretary Kristi Noem and the department framed the sentencing as the result of a decade-long effort to secure justice for Root’s family.
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Official U.S. government sources state that Eswin Mejia was captured in Honduras and extradited to the United States in March 2025. The DHS press release (Mar. 21, 2025) says HSI successfully extradited Mejia from Honduras; ICE and the Department of Justice also published March 2025 notices confirming his arrest and extradition on or about March 21, 2025. Verdict: True — contemporaneous official DHS/ICE/DOJ documents confirm HSI extradited Eswin Mejia from Honduras in March 2025.

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  1. Update · Feb 03, 2026, 11:53 AMTrue
    Official U.S. government sources state that Eswin Mejia was captured in Honduras and extradited to the United States in March 2025. The DHS press release (Mar. 21, 2025) says HSI successfully extradited Mejia from Honduras; ICE and the Department of Justice also published March 2025 notices confirming his arrest and extradition on or about March 21, 2025. Verdict: True — contemporaneous official DHS/ICE/DOJ documents confirm HSI extradited Eswin Mejia from Honduras in March 2025.
  2. Update · Feb 03, 2026, 11:17 AMTrue
    Multiple official DHS/ICE press releases and local law enforcement statements report that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) participated in the capture and extradition of Eswin Mejia from Honduras to the United States in March 2025 (ICE stated he was extradited March 21, 2025). Verdict: True — contemporaneous federal and local agency press releases confirm HSI/ICE extradited Mejia from Honduras in March 2025.
  3. Original article · Feb 02, 2026
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