(KRON) -- A man who is charged with murdering six people in Napa County was previously deported to Mexico several times by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, according to ICE.
Norberto Celerino, 53, of Stockton, is now facing six counts of murder in connection to a horrific September 7 crash. Prosecutors said Celerino was drunk behind the wheel of a minivan when he crashed into a tree on Pope Valley Road in Napa County.
Six of his seven passengers died at the scene, California Highway Patrol officers said. All eight men in the van were farmworkers from Stockton who were on their way to work, family members said.
The Napa County Coroner’s Office worked with the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco to identify the six victims and notify their families.
Prosecutors said Cel