South Carolina AG takes on illegal immigrant hit-and-run, promises criminals 'we're coming for you'

FIRST ON FOX - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson connected Friday announced that helium volition beryllium prosecuting the Salvadoran amerciable migrant accused successful the fatal hit-and-run of a University of South Carolina pupil connected Wednesday.

Rosali I. Fernandez-Cruz, 24, is charged with hit-and-run resulting successful death, nonaccomplishment to springiness accusation and render aid, nonaccomplishment to output the close of mode and driving without a licence successful transportation with 21-year-old Nate Baker's death, according to a connection from the Columbia Police Department (CPD).

"My connection to radical who are present illegally, particularly radical who were members of gangs similar TDA and MS-13 and different convulsive extremist groups that person crossed the borderline illegally … is: we're coming for you. And we're going to permission nary spot for you to hide. If you airs a menace to the radical of South Carolina, this bureau volition beryllium coming for you," Wilson told Fox News Digital.

He added that those present illegally who are nonviolent and seeking a amended beingness should "find a lawful pathway to citizenship successful this country, study yourself, and past travel the processes similar truthful galore millions of immigrants who travel to this state to question a amended [life] for themselves and their families."

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA STUDENT, 21, KILLED IN HIT-AND-RUN CRASH INVOLVING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT

University of South Carolina's FIJI fraternity remembered Baker successful a station connected Instagram. (FIJI via Instagram)

Baker was riding his motorcycle connected Tuesday erstwhile helium collided with the suspect, who allegedly failed to output the close of mode portion turning left, astatine the intersection of Blossom and Assembly Streets successful Columbia. 

The 21-year-old unfortunate was a inferior astatine USC majoring successful business. He was besides an progressive person successful the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.

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Rosali I. Fernandez-Cruz, 24, is charged with hit-and-run resulting successful death, nonaccomplishment to springiness accusation and render aid, nonaccomplishment to output the close of mode and driving without a licence successful transportation with 21-year-old Nate Baker's death, according to Columbia police. (Columbia PD)

"I admit the Trump medication for patching the holes of the vessel that is America. We adjacent the borders, that's akin to plugging the holes, but we inactive person a batch of h2o that came in, a batch of the convulsive pack members, a batch of drugs, a batch of illicit transgression that is an outflow of the amerciable crossings astatine the confederate borderline are inactive successful this country," Wilson said. 

He continued: "We are committed present successful South Carolina to moving with our authorities partners and our national partners and moving with the Trump medication to region those radical who are convulsive and a menace to the nationalist wellness and information of our communities."

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University of South Carolina student, Nate Baker, 21, was a inferior majoring successful concern astatine his clip of death. (Fiji South Carolina)

A Department of Homeland Security root antecedently told Fox News Digital that Fernandez-Cruz was antecedently arrested by borderline patrol successful Hidalgo, Texas, connected Dec. 24, 2016. In September 2018, an migration justice successful Charlotte, North Carolina, ordered Fernandez-Cruz to beryllium sent backmost to El Salvador. 

At the clip of the crash, Fernandez-Cruz was wanted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), constabulary said.

Two men were with Fernandez-Cruz astatine the clip of the mishap and besides fled, according to police. No charges are pending against them. The migration presumption of the different men is unknown.

File photograph of University of South Carolina student, Nate Baker, 21 who was killed successful a motorcycle clang connected April 2, 2025. According to DHS, the antheral accused of hitting Baker, Rosali I. Fernandez-Cruz, 24, is an amerciable immigrant. (Fiji South Carolina)

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The Phi Gamma Delta section astatine USC described Baker arsenic "not conscionable a brother, but a leader, a relation model, and a existent embodiment of what our fraternity stands for."

"Nate Baker brought light, laughter, and emotion into each of our lives. Nate volition ever beryllium remembered for the mode helium showed up for others and the interaction helium had connected everyone astir him," the fraternity wrote successful an Instagram post. "His passion, loyalty, and emotion for this brotherhood volition ne'er beryllium forgotten. May we grant his representation by surviving with the aforesaid kindness, selflessness and generosity that helium showed to everyone astir him. Rest successful Peace Nathaniel Baker."

Fox News' Alexandra Koch contributed to this report.