Skip to main content—Multnomah County Circuit Court referee Monica Herranz on Jan. 27, after accepting a DUII guilty plea from Diddier Pacheco-Salazar and ordering him to complete a diversion program. Herranz had been informed Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents were waiting to arrest Pacheco-Salazar outside her courtroom at the Justice Center on Southwest 3rd Avenue. They didn’t that day, because Herranz let him exit through a side door (“The Great Escape,” WW, March 1, 2016). WW obtained the courtroom recording this week, which includes this suggestion from Herranz that Pacheco-Salazar not leave the courtroom through the main entrance. ICE later arrested Pacheco-Salazar when he showed up for another court appearance. He is no longer in federal custody, an indication he may have been deported.
Courtroom Recording Details Judicial Referee Directing Escape from Federal Agents
Immigrant man who escaped is no longer in federal custody, an indication he may have been deported.
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