ICE confirms suspect in New Jersey crash that left man dead is illegal alien

EXCLUSIVE: A antheral who struck and killed a pedestrian with his motortruck successful New Jersey past Friday is successful the United States illegally, Fox News Digital has learned.

A national root with cognition said Wilson "Adrian" Morocho-Necta, 33, is an amerciable alien from Ecuador who entered the U.S. successful 2019 via the confederate borderline and was removed backmost to Mexico aft being issued a last bid of removal by a judge. 

He past illegally re-entered the U.S. astatine an chartless spot and time.

A photograph of amerciable alien Wilson "Adrian" Morocho-Necta, accused of causing a fatal car clang successful Morristown, NJ connected March 19, 2026. (Morris County Prosecutor's Office)

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Now, helium is simply a fugitive from the instrumentality and ICE is trying to way him down. 

As portion of New Jersey's "Immigrant Trust Directive," often referred to arsenic a "sanctuary" argumentation for amerciable aliens, section constabulary bash not cooperate with national migration authorities. The directive is "designed to fortify spot betwixt New Jersey’s instrumentality enforcement officers and the state’s divers migrant communities, thereby ensuring that victims and witnesses consciousness harmless reporting crimes."

In this handout provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Foreign nationals were arrested during a targeted enforcement cognition conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (DHS)

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Morocho-Necta has been charged with leaving the country of an mishap resulting successful decease and endangering an injured unfortunate by leaving the scene. The unfortunate has been named arsenic Justo Pilco-Tenesaca, 68, of Morristown. 

Pilco-Tenesaca was reportedly pinned nether the truck, sparking 911 calls from bystanders portion Morocho-Necta fled connected foot. 

He was rushed to a adjacent infirmary aft the crash, but died from his injuries.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection constabulary officers basal extracurricular the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building during a protestation connected Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, successful Minneapolis.  (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Morocho-Necta was driving an HC Home Improvement & Construction truck. The proprietor of that company, Eric Couper, reportedly said helium was "friggin' mortified" implicit the crash.

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"The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office is alert of the defendant’s migration status," said Meghan Knab, the office's nationalist accusation officer. "Morocho-Necta is presently at-large, and we are seeking nationalist assistance successful apprehending the fugitive. We volition beryllium communicating and cooperating accordant with applicable New Jersey authorities and national laws regarding immigration."

"Upon being taken into custody, the MCPO intends to record a question seeking pre-trial detention accordant with the Criminal Justice Reform Act," she said. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to Couper.