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Immigrant Gets 20 Years In DUI Crash That Killed Nun

Carlos Martinelly Montano Carlos Martinelly Montano

MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - An illegal immigrant from Bolivia who caused a drunken driving crash that killed a Benedictine nun and severely injured two others has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Carlos Martinelly Montano was sentenced Friday. The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and driving without a license in the 2010 crash. He was convicted of murder at a trial in October, a conviction his attorneys say they plan to appeal.

The case drew national attention partly because of the victims - three elderly nuns - but mostly because of Martinelly's immigration status. Federal authorities say Martinelly was an illegal immigrant who had been convicted of drunken driving twice previously but was never deported.

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