Law BREAKING: Ex-judge accused of harboring alleged Tren de Aragua gang member

I mean I don't believe shit unless they show it. Where are the pics of the bodies on the phone?
What kind of AG goes on a show and discloses evidence like that? Seems extremely unprofessional and just bullshit PR. I'm with you. Show the receipts.
 
What kind of AG goes on a show and discloses evidence like that? Seems extremely unprofessional and just bullshit PR. I'm with you.

Well people like you kept complaining he was an innocent lil boy who just happened to have face tattoos he didn't do nothing wrong

Show the receipts.

Are you asking them to publish photos of headless corpses lol wtf is wrong with you lot

Even if they did you would say no proof they came from his phone
 
Well people like you kept complaining he was an innocent lil boy who just happened to have face tattoos he didn't do nothing wrong



Are you asking them to publish photos of headless corpses lol wtf is wrong with you lot

Even if they did you would say no proof they came from his phone
I'm saying that anything coming out of this administration carries no weight with me. I was also pointing out the fact that her actions are extremely unprofessional, which is par for the course with the people Trump surrounds himself with. Evidence belongs in a courtroom. Show it there. And my concern here is the case against the judge, not the so-called gang member. I don't think they will get a conviction on her, and if anyone wants to sig bet me, I'm game.
 
What a weird post.

Very unprofessional to disclose evidence. Demands to see evidence.

Pick one.
It's 100% bullshit PR. If her statement turns out to be false, not one will remember that. They'll just remember the AG going on tv and claiming he has pics of beheaded people. And yes, it is VERY unprofessional. Show evidence in the courtroom.
 
Are you asking them to publish photos of headless corpses lol wtf is wrong with you lot

Even if they did you would say no proof they came from his phone

They could blur out the most gruesome parts, but I'm not believing shit when I know for a fact they've lied already about a couple of things in other cases.

Show the receipts.
 
I'm saying that anything coming out of this administration carries no weight with me. I was also pointing out the fact that her actions are extremely unprofessional, which is par for the course with the people Trump surrounds himself with. Evidence belongs in a courtroom. Show it there. And my concern here is the case against the judge, not the so-called gang member. I don't think they will get a conviction on her, and if anyone wants to sig bet me, I'm game.

All administrations have done and will continue to make PR statements to quell discontent if people are getting upset about something.

If everyone's frothing up over him being an innocent boy with no gang links, saying they found photographic links to gang activity on his phone to quieten down the knee jerk reaction isn't what I'd say is unprofessional.
 
All administrations have done and will continue to make PR statements to quell discontent if people are getting upset about something.

If everyone's frothing up over him being an innocent boy with no gang links, saying they found photographic links to gang activity on his phone to quieten down the knee jerk reaction isn't what I'd say is unprofessional.
Guess we have to let it play out. Just take what you are hearing with a grain of salt. This administration is not trustworthy, to put it lightly.
 
"They arrested two Democratic judges yesterday, not one. Everyone heard about the one in Milwaukee, hardly anyone about the judge in Las Cruces, New Mexico (former judge; he'd just stepped down under pressure). A lot of the reporting is sloppy/ taking the administration allegations as legit or even true, despite their history of lies, and these reports are full of loaded words like hid and harbored.

The charges are that Joel Cano and his wife hosted a young undocumented Venezuelan who the admin. alleges is a member of a gang, but they deported tons of Venezuelan men they alleged were members of that gang, many of whom seem not to have been, and no evidence has been offered, and terms like "harboring" use worst-case scenario language to describe what seems to have been someone--a refugee?-- who did some work around the house for them and then was allowed to stay in a guesthouse somewhere on the property.

The best reporting I've found is in the Albuquerque Journal: A complaint alleged that Cano had committed willful misconduct in office by allowing them to live on his property, and had permitted them access to firearms.

The search warrants resulted in a federal weapons charge against Cristhian Ortega-Lopez, 23, based on social media posts showing him holding and firing various weapons, including a video where Cano is present and holds a rifle that is passed to him.

The three men are all accused of being members of the transnational gang known as Tren de Aragua, an accusation that has been the basis for hundreds of men being rendered to an El Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration.

As in many of those cases, the men arrested at Cano’s home are accused of gang affiliation on the basis of their tattoos, apparel (including Chicago Cubs sportswear), emojis and alleged gang signs displayed in social media posts.

Additionally, a search of Ortega-Lopez’s phone uncovered text messages and a photograph of human corpses prosecutors say point to gang involvement.

Cano disputes evidence, describes raid
“I find these allegations to be highly sensationalized and without merit,” Cano wrote in his March 19 response.

Cano disputed references to the men as “known members” of the gang, arguing that they were fulfilling immigration procedures with federal agents, had undergone routine airport security procedures for travel, were frequently interviewed by Border Patrol officers at highway checkpoints and were pursuing authorization to work while their immigration cases were pending — all without ever being detained as gang members.

The first time Cano had heard of any association with Tren de Aragua, he wrote, was when “at least 45” agents, whom he described as wearing ski masks and sunglasses without badges or other visual identification, raided the two homes.

He denied that he had permitted the men to possess firearms, which would jeopardize their legal status in the U.S., admitting only to accompanying them on a December trip to a firing range.

Cano wrote that “the boys” had presented him and his wife, Nancy, with documentation about their pending immigration cases after initially meeting them in 2024, when they performed handyman work at their home. The Canos later allowed the trio to live in a detached studio apartment on their property and assisted them in complying with legal procedures and travel for court dates.

The response included details the men had presented about their journey to the U.S. over thousands of miles of terrain, including the notoriously dangerous Darién Gap at the Columbia-Panama border, where they said travelers were vulnerable to theft, rape and murder and claimed they had seen the bodies of murder victims out in the open.

Their relationship deepened as the guests participated in holidays, community events and volunteer work, becoming “a meaningful part of our extended family,” Cano wrote. “There is no way in the world that I would have allowed my grandkids to have any contact with the boys if I sensed danger.”

Cano argued the gang ties were speculations motivated by the Trump administration’s promise to execute mass deportations — a policy Cano criticized in blistering terms in his response.


Here's the version from Newsweek: "The arrest followed a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) probe launched in January, which uncovered that Ortega-Lopez, who entered the U.S. illegally from Mexico in December 2023, was living with other undocumented migrants and had access to firearms.... Investigators learned that he originally met Nancy Cano while performing handyman work. After being evicted from his apartment, he moved into a guesthouse on the property.

During a detention hearing on March 14, U.S. Magistrate Judge Damian L. Martinez questioned the federal prosecutor's familiarity with Judge Cano, remarking, "I don't think he would just let anybody live on his property," according to Fox News."

It quotes Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council in a post to X on Thursday: "Yet ANOTHER internal component of the federal government that acknowledges the reality; Tren de Aragua is not an arm of Venezuela and it's not 'invading' the country. Trump's lawless Alien Enemies Act declaration cannot stand."


And I'd assume that most of what Pam Bondi says is a lie and should be treated as such and if the news media could get over its credulous deference to people in high office, we'd be a better country.

https://www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-new-details-judge-accused-harboring-gang-member-2064424 "
 
It's not impossible, but it seems improbable. A judge is pretty educated on matters of law, knows how to read paperwork, etc. If this is a politically nefarious act by the Administration it's likely to fail in Court, but the desired effect is a cooling effect on advocacy for immigrants (of any kind considering this has happened to people WITH papers, and according to the Judge these men HAD papers and were cooperating with CBP). I even say one article where it said Ortega-Lopez was questioned on the firearms and essentially responded enthusiastically. Like "yes I know those guns, I've seen those guns" because they were guns that belonged to a friend. No denial, no run-a-round. Now I'm sure the xenophobes will try to use that to suggest that he is just that bold of a sociopathic gangbanger, but it seems more like he has the impression that liking guns might be an American custom, or even a Constitutional right once you're welcomed here.

ICE have routinely over-stepped their authority, conducted warrantless raids and arrests, arrested wrong targets, sent self-deport orders to citizens, etc. Because they dont care. Its almost like ALL the Administration is concerned with is getting a specific number out, and they go for the easiest targets first regardless of legality. If Judges who are perceived as oppositional are vindicated, they know that's not going to be anywhere near as big of news as "Judge Arrested For Allegedly Harboring Illegal Gang Member!!" If it turns out to be bullsh*t, like the apartment complexes story was, they knew no one will care or admit any wrong. All that might happen is better actors in the Justice system wont act.

Cano has been banned from holding Judicial office. If he is vindicated through the legal proceedings imagine the sh*t he'd have to go through to be un-banned.

A- The apartment complex was a legit story that even local officials finally admitted. What was it they said? Something like it was only a couple buildings. Lol.

B- noncitezens arent allowed to pocess guns - even if they're sleeping with a judges daughter.

C- Cano was banned by his state's SC for code of conduct. There wouldn't be an overturning even if it didn't rise to criminality.
 
This is simple:

Step 1: Are you in the country illegally?

Step 2: Are you a gang member?

Step 3: If you're in step 2, It doesn't fucking matter. Gtfo.
 
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