Pair of illegal immigrants killed by driver in Hollywood had 3 children
After sunset Sunday, an immigrant couple who crossed into the United States illegally over a year ago set out down Hollywood Boulevard on foot, headed from work to their nearby apartment.
As they walked hand in hand, a former Marine steered his car onto the boulevard. Sergio Delgado, 29, was allegedly fleeing police who had tried to stop him for reckless driving.
Cecilia Diaz Vasquez, 32, and Pedro Davila, 40, stepped into the crosswalk at Wilcox Avenue about 8:45 p.m. just as Delgado allegedly ran a red light.
In a moment, the couple were dead. It took hours for officials to identify the bodies, and in the days that followed, details have emerged about them and the man charged with killing them.
Read more about Pedro Cordova and Cecilia Vasquez here.
-- Deborah Bonello in Los Angeles
Photo: Felix Vasquez remembers his younger sister Cecilia Diaz Vasquez, who was killed along with her longtime companion, Pedro Davila, while crossing Hollywood Boulevard on Sunday. Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
The Marine will get the death sentence for doing the job our government won't do. This death is really a sad thing but when half the people living in america is illegals its hard not to run into one.
Posted by: budswisr | July 29, 2008 at 06:59 AM
The "killer" was a marine. He was not illegal.
Posted by: Alex Yakira | July 20, 2008 at 05:18 PM
The IRONY is that an criminal most likely an illegal himself killed two Illegal Aliens.
The human part of says to feel grief for the children and the loss of life in general. ( time for silence )
Now our logical side says that if they had not come to this Country ILLEGALLY, then this very sad tragedy would have never happened. Hopefully the children will be sent back to their parents home Country were they have family to take good care of them.
Posted by: Hernandez, proud US | July 17, 2008 at 12:16 PM