Undocumented man allegedly helped by judge to evade arrest has been deported

The man, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, was deported connected Thursday, DHS said.

The undocumented antheral allegedly helped by a Minnesota justice to evade apprehension astatine a Milwaukee courthouse has been deported, according to the Department of Homeland Security. 

Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested successful April and charged successful a two-count national indictment alleging obstruction of authoritative DHS removal proceedings and knowingly concealing the man, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, from migration authorities.

According to national prosecutors, Dugan encountered national agents who were astatine the Milwaukee County Circuit Court connected April 18 to apprehension Flores-Ruiz, who was appearing successful her courtroom connected a artillery charge.

Prosecutors accidental that aft speaking to the agents, Dugan directed them to the main judge's bureau down the hallway and past sent Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer retired a non-public doorway successful an alleged attempt, authorities claim, to assistance him evade apprehension connected migration violations.

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan leaves the national courthouse aft a hearing, May 15, 2025, successful Milwaukee.

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Flores-Ruiz, a autochthonal of Mexico, was aboriginal arrested and charged with unlawful reentry into the U.S.

He was sentenced to clip served earlier this period aft pleading blameworthy to the charge, national tribunal records show.

ICE removed him connected Thursday, according to DHS.

DHS said Flores-Ruiz illegally entered the U.S. doubly and has a "violent transgression past including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and home abuse."

"Judge Hannah Dugan's actions to obstruct this convulsive criminal's apprehension instrumentality 'activist judge' to a full caller meaning," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said successful a connection Friday. "Thanks to the brave men and women of ICE instrumentality enforcement, this transgression is OUT of our country.

Dugan has pleaded not blameworthy to the charges. Her proceedings is scheduled to statesman connected Dec. 15.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended Dugan successful the aftermath of her arrest, stating successful an bid that it recovered it was "in the nationalist involvement that she beryllium temporarily relieved of her authoritative duties."

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