Six illegal migrants were arrested when the body of a man run over and killed during a drunken party was found stashed inside his Florida trailer, according to authorities.
A 911 caller first alerted cops early Sunday that a so-far unidentified man had been killed and left inside his trailer in the Willow Oak Mobile Home Park in Mulberry, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said.
When deputies found the body, it was clear the 21-year-old died from injuries “consistent with being run over by a vehicle,” the office said.
Investigators quickly found out that the victim had been at a party late Saturday — one where “nearly everyone”was “consuming alcohol” — and for some reason decided to lie down in the driveway to his trailer, the sheriff’s office said.
“The witness saw 52-year-old Ponciano Cinto-Ramirez get into a van that was parked on the driveway, put it into reverse, and back over the victim,” police said — saying Cinto-Ramirez continued driving off even as others yelled out about the deadly accident.
When deputies went to arrest Cinto Ramirez for leaving the scene of a deadly crash, they found several people inside his trailer who refused to come out.
“Eventually, one by one, they came outside but refused to give deputies information or cooperate,” the sheriff’s office said — with two giving false IDs.
Deputies eventually “learned all six of the suspects are in the country illegally from Guatemala,” the statement said.
“All of these suspects are facing serious felonies, and ICE has placed holds on them as well to hopefully deport them back to Guatemala,” Sheriff Grady Judd said.
“What started out as a neighborhood party ended up with a 21-year-old man dead and a group of illegal aliens going to jail.”
Cinto-Ramirez was charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death, driving without a license causing death and resisting arrest.
Alfredo Cinto-Ramirez, 48; Rigoberto Lopez Morales, 22; Jacinto Lopez Morales, 46; Leonel Into Lopez, 24; and Ramiro Cinto Lopez, 23 were each charged with resisting arrest.
Alfredo Cinto-Ramirez, Leonel Cinto Lopez and Ramiro Cinto Lopez were each additionally charged with giving false names to police, and Ramiro was also charged with possession of an altered firearm.
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