Immigrant who fatally hit Boise 8-year-old with truck deported to Honduras
Federal officials have said the driver of a truck that fatally hit an 8-year-old girl at an intersection in Boise’s North End was deported two weeks after the accident.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security told the Idaho Statesman in an email that 27-year-old Elvin Elgardo Ramos-Caballero was removed from the U.S. and sent to Honduras on Nov. 27, 2025.
No charges were filed against Ramos-Caballero and he was never arrested by the Boise Police Department, who handed him over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents the day of the incident.
On Nov. 13, Boise police responded to a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle at the corner of Harrison Boulevard and Ada Street. Mora Gerety, a student at Washington Elementary School in the North End, was found with life-threatening injuries.
The Ada County Coroner’s Office later said she was pronounced dead that evening in an operating room at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center.
Police said Mora and Ramos-Caballero, driving a pickup truck, were both headed west on Ada Street when they stopped at the intersection with Harrison Boulevard. Ramos-Caballero drove into the intersection as he was turning right and struck Mora, who was trying to cross Harrison, police stated.
Boise police said in a press release that Ramos-Caballero remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation. After a standard records check, police found that he was wanted on a federal ICE warrant, so they contacted agents.
He was held at the Elmore County Jail, according to online ICE records, before being deported.
According to Homeland Security, the man’s federal warrant was issued for neglecting to show up at an immigration hearing after he entered the country illegally in 2015. An order was signed for him to be removed from the U.S. on May 9, 2016.
Homeland Security also said the man acquired a driver’s license in Oregon, which is one of 20 states not requiring proof of legal status to obtain a license.
Oregon law HB2015 states that a person must show a valid passport, an identification card from the consulate of the person’s home country, or a license or permit from another state.
This story was originally published February 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM.
