IDAHO FALLS — A 27-year-old man was sentenced to prison Tuesday after causing a crash that killed six people in May 2024.

District Judge Dane Watkins Jr. sentenced Luis Garcia-Diaz to a minimum of twelve and a maximum of 30 years in prison for the deaths of Abel Mejía Martínez, 43, Pedro Manuel Alcantar Mejía, 26, Brandon Ponce Gallegos, 24, Jose Guadalupe Sánchez Medina, 20, Luis Enrique Sereno Perez, 32 and Javier Gomez Alcantar, 36.

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He will be given credit for approximately 15 months already served in the local jail.

Garcia Diaz, a citizen of Colombia, was also given a federal immigration detainer.

According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a federal immigration detainer is a

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