What We Know About The Illegal Immigrant Allegedly Helped By A Wisconsin Judge To Evade ICE
2nd May 2025
Eduardo Flores Ruiz, 30, was locked up in the Ozaukee County Jail awaiting further court action as of April 30.
He is accused of injuring three people in a recent domestic dispute, online records show.
The Mexico native is the defendant whom Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of assisting in an April 18 incident at the Milwaukee County Circuit Court.
Flores Ruiz appeared at the court for a hearing on that date, but it didn’t proceed, federal authorities say, after Dugan allegedly took actions to thwart Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers who were poised to arrest the defendant and begin deportation proceedings.
Federal officials accuse the judge of helping Flores Ruiz and his lawyer to exit through a restricted-use door. Officers, however, were able to arrest him after a foot chase outside the courthouse.
He was previously deported to his home country in 2013, before being accused in the domestic violence case that was assigned to Dugan, officials said.