In a tragic incident in Orange County, California, a Mexican national residing in the U.S. without legal permission for over ten years, despite a federal deportation order, was apprehended on Friday. The arrest followed a DUI hit-and-run accident that resulted in the death of a 71-year-old man, as reported by federal law enforcement officials.

According to The Orange County Register, deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the scene of a reported pedestrian accident involving a vehicle.

Upon arrival, they discovered Barry William Tutt, aged 71, from La Verne, gravely injured. Tutt was swiftly taken to a hospital by emergency responders, where he unfortunately succumbed to his injuries.

Eyewitnesses described seeing a silver Ford sedan leaving the scene, and investigators later identified the suspect as 57-year-old Humberto Munoz Gatica, a resident of Laguna Niguel, according to details from The Register.

Humberto Munoz Gatica, a Mexican national with a deportation order dating back to 2012, was taken into custody on November 8, 2025. He is accused of causing the death of a 71-year-old pedestrian in a DUI hit-and-run incident.

Gatica was tracked down, arrested on charges of DUI and related offenses, and booked into the Orange County Jail. The investigation into the matter is ongoing.

Federal law-enforcement sources told Fox News that Gatica was first arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2011 for being in the country illegally.

Humberto Munoz Gatica, a Mexican illegal alien with an active deportation order since 2012, was arrested on Nov. 8, 2025, in Orange County, California, after allegedly killing a 71-year-old pedestrian in a DUI hit-and-run. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

He was released under the Obama administration with a notice to appear in court but never did, leading a federal immigration judge to order his deportation in absentia in 2012.

Gatica has remained an ICE fugitive since that ruling, officials said, living in California, which designates itself a sanctuary state.

Humberto Munoz Gatica, a Mexican illegal alien with an active deportation order since 2012, was arrested on Nov. 8, 2025, in Orange County, California, after allegedly killing a 71-year-old pedestrian in a DUI hit-and-run. (iStock)

Authorities said he was driving under the influence in Dana Point on Friday when he allegedly struck Tutt and fled.

Jail records show Gatica faces charges of DUI causing death or bodily injury and hit-and-run causing death or bodily injury.

Federal officials also told Fox News that Gatica was arrested in 2011 on a robbery charge in Orange County but later pleaded to grand theft as part of a plea deal.