Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

May 25, 2023

Lars:

The “Criminal Alien of the Week Report”in the third full week of May 2023 has for your radio listeners and webpage followers a case of an illegal alien whose most recent criminal conviction was for killing his own baby daughter in Clackamas County, Oregon.

To set things up, the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” has been researching the identities of criminal aliens who are currently or have been in the past incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system for crimes of homicidal violence — various degrees of murder and manslaughter.

A troubling fact, the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” using historical records obtained in the past from the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) and doing an Oregon Offender Search (OOS) found out Rafael Hernandez estimated date of release from the DOC prison system is August 23, 2023.

Researching to find out the identity of the victim of Rafael Hernandez’s homicidal violence, the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” discovered he assaulted his own 3-month-old daughter Ruby (one three triplets) who would die later from brain damage caused by shaking and blunt force trauma.

Details of Rafael Hernandez’s criminal history, a “Oregon Department of Corrections, Current Inmates with ICE Detainers, As of May 8, 2006” list in the possession of  the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” indicated Mexican national Rafael Hernandez entered into custody of the state’s  prison system on 07/23/2004 with a projected release date 12/23/2009. Rafael Hernandez (SID: 15414485; DOB: 05/13/1984) was incarcerated for the crime of Assault II out of Clackamas County, Oregon.

A OREGON JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT – Online Records Search revealed Rafael Hernandez (Case Number: CR0400229) on July 21, 2004 in Clackamas County Circuit Court was convicted and sentenced of one the count of Assault in the Second Degree, one the count of Assault in the Third Degree and one count of Criminal Mistreatment in the First Degree to 70-months in the Oregon Department of Corrections prison system.

Clackamas County Jail (CCJ) records of inmates with Immigration Holds in the possession of the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” indicated Rafael Hernandez had been incarcerated at the jail on September 25, 2007. Furthermore, the specific jail record on Rafael Hernandez (SID: 15414485; DOB: 05/13/1984; Immigration Hold) indicated he had been convicted of one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree and sentenced to the Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP).

Another OREGON JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT – Online Records Search revealed Rafael Hernandez (Case Number: CR0701372; SID: 15414485) on July 10, 2008 in Clackamas County Circuit Court was convicted and sentenced of one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree to incarceration of 164-months in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system (Note: Rafael Hernandez’s (Case Number: CR0400229) criminal conviction was connected to him assaulting a female baby and her succumbing to her injuries.).

After sentencing Rafael Hernandez (Case Number: CR0701372; SID: 15414485; DOB: 05/13/1984; ICE Detainer) was incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system at the Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP) located in Salem, Oregon.

Back to the present, a May 22, 2023 check of the DOC’s Oregon Offender Search (OOS) webpage indicates Rafael Hernandez (SID: 15414485; DOB: 05/13/1984), age 39, is currently being incarcerated at the DOC’s Two Rivers Correctional Institution (TRCI) located in Umatilla, Oregon.

Seeking information on Rafael Hernandez’s current immigration status on Monday, May 22, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted via e-mail U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region Alethea Smock.

Also on Monday, May 22, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the WeekReport” contacted via e-mail Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) Communications Manager Amber Campbell requesting an investigation and statement of Rafael Hernandez’s historical custody status in the DOC prison system.

At 6:01 A.M. on Thursday, May 25, 2023 ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region, Alethea Smock responded via e-mail with the following statement on Rafael Hernandez:

“Statement:

ICE officers make enforcement decisions on a case-by-case basis in a professional and responsible manner, informed by their experience as law enforcement officials and in a way that best protects against the greatest threats to the homeland.

On Background: (attributable to an ICE official):

Rafael Hernandez, 39, is a Mexican national who is unlawfully present in the United States. The Clackamas County Circuit Court convicted Hernandez of two counts of assault and criminal mistreatment July 21, 2004, sentencing him to a total of 108 months in prison. The same court convicted Hernandez of murder July 10, 2008, sentencing him to 164 months in prison. He was encountered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) approximately Feb. 25, 2004, with an immigration detainer placed the same day with the Clackamas County Jail and another detainer placed Sept. 17, 2004, with the Oregon Department of Corrections. He has not been previously housed at the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC).” – Alethea Smock, ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region.

At 8:52 A.M. on Thursday, May 25, 2023 DOC Communications Manager Amber Campbell responded to the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” in this way on the historical custody status of Rafael Hernandez:

“Attached is the public information available relating to Rafael Hernandez SID#15414485. House Bill 3265 was passed and signed into law July 19, 2021. This law prevents DOC from using ICE detainers. If the Adult In Custody (AIC) is a foreigner or was born outside the United States, DOC is not to place an ICE detainers on the AIC.” – Amber Campbell, DOC Communications Manager.

Included with the DOC Communications Managers’ statement on Rafael Hernandez (SID: 15414485) was an attached Adobe pdf file, an image of a document that appears to have been taken from the Department Corrections, Offender Search, website; the pdf file shows Rafael Hernandez’s date of entrance of 07/23/2004 and estimated date of release of 08/23/2023 from the DOC prison system along with his criminal convictions of one the count of Assault in the Second Degree, one the count of Assault in the Third Degree, one count of Criminal Mistreatment in the First Degree and one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree that landed him in prison. The sum of Rafael Hernandez’s incarceration time in prison equals 229 months.

Analysis, eventually the majority of hundreds of criminal aliens inmates incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections prison system, including baby killer Rafael Hernandez, will be released back into the state as the direct result of sanctuary law House Bill 3265 that was sponsored in part by Speaker of the House Tina Kotek, passed by Oregon State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Kate Brown in 2021.

A state anti-federal immigration enforcement law, Oregon House Bill 3265 has literally voided any past cooperative working relationship or agreement DOC prison officials and all the state’s law enforcement agencies had with ICE Enforcement Removal Operations in the safe taking into custody and removal of real dangerous dysfunctional people, like Mexican national felon Rafael Hernandez, from the United States of America.

Lars, the third full week in the month of May 2023 and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 Pacific Northwest radio listeners and website followers.

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Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

May 19, 2023

Lars:

The “Criminal Alien of the Week Report”in the second full week of May 2023 has for your radio listeners and webpage followers a case of an illegal alien whose most recent criminal convictions are for multiple sex crimes out of Multnomah County, Oregon.

Some background information, on Sunday, August 29, 2021 the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) issued a news release titled “Rape Suspect Charged with Dozens of Crimes, Investigators Seek Public Assistance.”

The subject identified in PPB news release was 60-year-old Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz.

According to the PPB news release, Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz faced “39 different charges including: First Degree Rape, First Degree Kidnapping, First Degree Sodomy, First Degree Sexual Abuse, First Degree Robbery, and other felonies.”

On May 12, 2021 Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz (aka Carlos Rodriguez Lance; Case Number: 21CR41035; SWIS ID: 13236) was in the custody of the Multnomah County Jail (MCJ) in Portland, Oregon.

Some past history, a “Oregon Department of Corrections, List of Current Inmates with ICE Detainers, Data as of 09/08/05” in possession of  the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” indicated Carlos Rodriguez-Lance entered into custody of the state’s  prison system on 08/31/2004 with a projected release date 10/30/2005. Carlos Rodriguez-Lance (aka Carlos Rodriguez aka Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz; Case Number: 040632992; SID: 5869461) was incarcerated for the crime of Man/Del/BF out of Multnomah County, Oregon.

A OREGON JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT – Online Records Search revealed Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz (Case Number: 090732849) on September 1, 2009 in Multnomah County Circuit Court was convicted and sentenced of one the count of Robbery in the Third Degree to 366-days in the Oregon Department of Corrections prison system.

Other Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) criminal alien immigration detainer records in possession of the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” indicate Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz (DOB: 04/13/1961) was incarcerated between December1, 2009 and April 1, 2010 for the crime robbery in the DOC prison system at the Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI) in Salem Oregon. The DOC immigration detainer records indicated Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz was a citizen of Cuba.

Another OREGON JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT – Online Records Search revealed Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz (Case Number: 14CR13418) on November 6, 2014 in Multnomah County Circuit Court was convicted and sentenced of one count of Attempt to Commit a Class B Felony to incarceration of 366 days in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system. Court records further indicate during Rodriguez-Lanz’s custody at the Multnomah County Jail (MCJ) a Parole Sanction to 08/01/14 U.S. Immigration Hold.

Again other Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) criminal alien immigration detainer records in possession of the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” indicate Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz (DOB: 04/13/1961) was incarcerated between December1, 2014 and May 1, 2015 for the crime assault in the DOC prison system at the Oregon State Correctional Institution (OSCI) in Salem Oregon. The DOC immigration detainer records indicated Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz was a citizen of Cuba.

More recently, Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz (Case Number: 21CR41035) on September 30, 2022 was convicted and sentenced in Multnomah County Circuit Court for the crimes of two counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, one count of Rape in the First Degree, and one count of Kidnapping in the First Degree.

After sentencing Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz entered on October 3, 2022 into the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system.

A May 8, 2023 check of the DOC’s Oregon Offender Search (OOS) webpage indicated Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz aka Carlos Rodriguez-Lance (SID: 5869461; DOB: 04/13/1961), age 62, was being incarcerated at the DOC’s Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP) located in Salem, Oregon.

Other then DOC reported recognized names of Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz aka Carlos Rodriguez-Lance this criminal alien sex offender has 25 different aliases.

Seeking information on Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz aka Carlos Rodriguez-Lance’s current immigration status on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted via e-mail U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region Alethea Smock.

On Monday, May 15, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the Week” contacted via e-mail Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) Communications Manager Amber Campbell requesting an investigation and statement of Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz aka Carlos Rodriguez-Lance’s historical custody status in the DOC prison system.

Three days later, on Thursday, May 18, 2023 DOC Communications Manager Amber Campbell responded to the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” in this way:

“Attached is the public information available relating to Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz SID#5869461. House Bill 3265 was passed and signed into law July 19, 2021. This law prevents DOC from using ICE detainers. If the Adult In Custody (AIC) is a foreigner or was born outside the United States, DOC is not to place an ICE detainers on the AIC.”  – Amber Campbell, DOC Communications Manager.

Included with the DOC Communications Managers’ statement on Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz (SID: 5869461) was an attached Adobe pdf file, an image of a document that appears to have been taken from the Department Corrections, Offender Search, website; the pdf file shows Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz’s date of entrance of 10/03/2022 and estimated date of release of 09/09/2036 from the DOC prison system along with his current criminal convictions of two counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, two counts of Rape in the First Degree, and one count of Kidnapping in the First Degree that landed him in prison. The sum of Rodriguez-Lanz’s incarceration time in prison equals 167 months and six days.

On Thursday, May 18, 2023 ICE Public Affairs Officer (PAO) David Yost responded via e-mail with the following detailed ICE Public Affairs’ statement on Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz:

“ICE officers make enforcement decisions on a case-by-case basis in a professional and responsible manner, informed by their experience as law enforcement officials and in a way that best protects against the greatest threats to the homeland.

ON BACKGROUND (attributable to an ICE official):

Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz, 62, is a Cuban national who is unlawfully present in the United States. Rodriguez has been encountered by numerous law enforcement entities as well as immigration officials between 1983 and 2018; he has been convicted 32 times for various criminal acts including unlawful possession of narcotics, assault, theft, robbery, burglary, attempt to commit crime, menacing, criminal trespass, and sexual abuse. Rodriguez is currently in the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections. ERO has lodged a detainer with ODOC should he ever be released from custody. An immigration judge ordered his removal June 3, 1997, but he has never been removed from the U.S.

Information related to recalcitrant countries can be found here: Visa Sanctions Against Multiple Countries Pursuant to Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act | ICE.” – David Yost, ICE Public Affairs Officer.

Analysis, eventually the majority of hundreds of criminal aliens inmates incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections prison system, including career criminal sex offender Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz, will be released back into the state as the direct result of sanctuary law House Bill 3265 that was sponsored in part by Speaker of the House Tina Kotek, passed by Oregon State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Kate Brown in 2021.

A state anti-federal immigration enforcement law, Oregon House Bill 3265 has literally voided any past cooperative working relationship or agreement DOC prison officials and all the state’s law enforcement agencies had with ICE Enforcement Removal Operations in the safe taking into custody and removal of real dangerous dysfunctional people, like Cuban national felon Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz, from the United States of America.

Additionally problematic for ICE Enforcement Removal Operations is Carlos Rodriguez-Lanz is a citizen of Cuba; the Caribbean nation of Cuba has been by indentified by ICE as a recalcitrant county that may not take back its own criminal citizens.

Lars, the second full week in the month of May 2023 and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 Pacific Northwest radio listeners and website followers.

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U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Criminal Alien Report April 2023

U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Criminal Alien Report April 2023

May 4, 2023

By David Olen Cross

The United States having a significant foreign national population residing within the nation’s boundaries, be they legally or illegally present in the country, unfortunately includes those who commit crimes.

The extent and impact of foreign national crime on the U.S. citizens and residents of this country is clearly revealed by a simple search on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmates statistics website under the heading of inmate citizenship.

Here are the countries of origin, moreover, the number and percentage of those countries citizens recently incarcerated in the U.S. BOP prison system (Note: The most recent BOP crime numbers available were from April 29, 2023.).

Inmate Citizenship:

– Mexico 13,741 inmates, 8.6 percent;
– Dominican Republic 1,637 inmates, 1.0 percent;
– Colombia 1,565 inmates, 1.0 percent;
– Cuba 745 inmates, 0.5 percent;
– Other / unknown countries 8,031 inmates, 5.0 percent;
– United States 133,593 inmates, 83.9 percent;

Total: 159,312 inmates.

To explain the meaning of these preceding criminal alien inmate numbers and percentages, I will translate them into words:

Combining April 29th BOP criminal alien inmate numbers, there were 25,719 criminal aliens in the BOP prison system. Alien inmates were 16.1 percent of the federal prison population.

With 13,741 Mexican nationals being incarcerated in the BOP prison system, at 53.4 percent, they represent a significant majority of criminal aliens in federal prisons.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons breaks down the federal prison population into 13 types of offenses. One of the top five offenses, the reason inmates are serving time in federal prisons is for immigration crimes. There were 7,773 inmates in the BOP prison system incarcerated for immigration crimes; they were 5.2 percent of the federal prison population.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is a crime researcher who writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. The preceding report is a service to federal, state, county and city elected and non elected governmental officials to help them service to federal assess the impact of foreign national crime in the United States of America. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com. His current and past crime reports can be found at https://docfnc.wordpress.com/.

Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

May 1, 2023

Lars:

The “Criminal Alien of the Week Report”in the first week of May 2023 has for your radio listeners and webpage followers a case of a criminal illegal alien who killed an adult male Oregon resident more than a decade ago but after completing his prison sentence for the crime he was not removed from the United States of America because of a state sanctuary law.

Some history, Jose Luis Sanchez, age 21 at the time, on August 7, 1995 was involved in a single vehicle crash while Driving Under Influence of Intoxicants (DUII) that killed a passenger in the car he was driving identified as 22-year old Jesus Gonzalez-Sanchez in Marion County, Oregon.

On December 20, 2012 Jose Luis Sanchez (aka Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja; Marion County Circuit Court Case Number: 96C20095; SID: 8897140; DOB: 02/04/1974; Immigration Detainer Docket Number: A29 672 518), at the time age 38, entered into custody of the Marion County Jail (MCJ) in Salem, Oregon where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer Hold and U.S. Marshalls Hold were placed on him.

The next day, on December 21, 2012 Oregon State Police (OSP) issued a news release on historical events of taking Jose Luis Sanchez into custody — here is an extended excerpt from the OSP news release:

“A fugitive sought for 17 years in relation to a 1995 fatal traffic crash in Marion County was returned to Oregon Thursday following his arrest nearly a year ago on federal charges after illegally entering the United States from Mexico.

In January 2012, Border Patrol agents assigned to the Casa Grande, Arizona station apprehended a man for illegally entering the United States. During processing, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) alerted agents to an active warrant issued in 1995 out of Marion County, Oregon for vehicular homicide. The Marion County District Attorney’s Office worked closely with Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents to positively identify the man as JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ, age 38. SANCHEZ was wanted following an August 7, 1995 fatal traffic crash when he was 21 years of age and resided in Prineville.

According to an Oregon State Police (OSP) investigation, the single vehicle fatal traffic crash occurred at approximately 1:20 a.m. on Highway 22 about six miles west of Idanha near milepost 60. A passenger car driven by SANCHEZ was westbound at a high rate of speed when it failed to negotiate a curve, traveled across the highway and struck several trees. Right front passenger JESUS GONZALEZ-SANCHEZ, age 22, from Prineville, was pronounced deceased at the scene. JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ was seriously injured and treated at a Portland-area hospital.

Since being taken into custody, SANCHEZ was held in federal custody and subsequently pled guilty on federal charges. After sentencing, he was transported to Oregon for a pending arraignment in Marion County Circuit Court on charges related to the fatal traffic crash.” – OSP, December 21, 2012 news release.

Forty-seven days later, on February 6, 2013 Marion County District Attorney’s Office (MCDAO) issued a news release on the prosecution and conviction of Luis Sanchez for killing Jesus Gonzalez-Sanchez — here is an extended excerpt from the MCDAO news release:

“A fugitive sought for 17 years in relation to a 1995 fatal traffic crash in Marion County has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 120 months in the Oregon Department of Corrections.

JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ was returned to Oregon in December 2012 following his arrest nearly a year before on federal charges after illegally entering the United States from Mexico.

In January 2012, Border Patrol agents assigned to the Casa Grande, Arizona station apprehended a man for illegally entering the United States. During processing, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) alerted agents to an active warrant issued in 1995 out of Marion County, Oregon for vehicular homicide. The Marion County District Attorney’s Office worked closely with Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents to positively identify the man as JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ, age 38. SANCHEZ was wanted following an August 7, 1995 fatal traffic crash when he was 21 years of age and resided in Prineville, Oregon.

According to an Oregon State Police (OSP) investigation, the single vehicle fatal traffic crash occurred at approximately 1:20 a.m. on Highway 22 about six miles west of Idanha near milepost 60. A passenger car driven by SANCHEZ was westbound at a high rate of speed when it failed to negotiate a curve, traveled across the highway and struck several trees. Right front passenger JESUS GONZALEZ-SANCHEZ, age 22, from Prineville, was pronounced deceased at the scene. JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ was seriously injured and treated at a Portland-area hospital.

Since being taken into custody in Arizona, SANCHEZ was held in federal custody and subsequently pled guilty to federal charges. After sentencing, he was transported to Oregon and arraigned in Marion County Circuit Court on charges related to the fatal traffic crash.

Today, Sanchez pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree and Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants. He was sentenced by the Honorable Senior Judge Gregory Foote for Manslaughter in the First Degree to 120 months in the Department of Corrections and 36 months of post-prison supervision and for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants to 365 days in the Marion County Jail.” – MCDAO, January, 6, 2013 news release.

Back to the present, “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” research indicates that during the time period Jose Luis Sanchez was incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer was placed on him.

A March 23, 2023 online search by the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” indicates that Jose Luis Sanchez, now age 49, is under supervision (parole/probation) of Marion County Community Corrections in Salem, Oregon.

Seeking information on Jose Luis Sanchez’s current immigration status on Thursday, March 23, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted via e-mail U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region Alethea Smock.

The next day, on Friday, March 24, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the Week” contacted via e-mail Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) Communications Manager Amber Campbell requesting an investigation and statement of Jose Luis Sanchez aka Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja’s historical custody status in the DOC prison system.

On the same day, March 24th, DOC Communications Manager Amber Campbell responded to the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” in this way:

“Mr. Sanchez entered into DOC custody 2/6/2013 and was released from DOC custody, to post-prison supervision, on 2/3/2023. His supervision is with Marion County S.O./Community Corrections Division.

House Bill 3265 was passed and signed into law July 19, 2021. This law prevents DOC from using ICE detainers. If the Adult In Custody is a foreigner or was born outside the United States, DOC is not to place an ICE detainers on the AIC.” – Amber Campbell, DOC Communications Manager.

On Friday, April 28, 2023 ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region, Alethea Smock responded via e-mail with the following statement on Jose Luis Sanchez aka Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja:

“STATEMENT:

ICE officers make enforcement decisions on a case-by-case basis in a professional and responsible manner, informed by their experience as law enforcement officials and in a way that best protects against the greatest threats to the homeland.

ON BACKGROUND:

Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja, 49, is a Mexican national who is currently at large following his release from prison after serving sentences for manslaughter and DUI. He has been previously convicted of harassment, driving under the influence, and is a registered sex offender convicted of sodomy.

Sanchez-Ceja entered the U.S. at an unknown date or location and was removed to Mexico Dec. 18, 1992. He subsequently reentered the U.S. and was convicted in the U.S. District Court District of Arizona for Illegal Reentry, receiving a sentence of 18 months in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. While serving this federal sentence, he was extradited to Oregon and arraigned in the Marion County Circuit Court. Enforcement and Removal Operations officers lodged an immigration detainer with the Oregon Department of Corrections Dec. 28, 2012, following his conviction for manslaughter and DUI, receiving sentences of 10 years followed by three years’ post-prison supervision as well as 365 days in jail. Sanchez-Ceja was released Feb. 3 with no notification to ICE.” – Alethea Smock, ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region.

Analysis, the Oregon Department of Corrections’ releasing of criminal alien felon Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja aka Jose Luis Sanchez on February 6, 2023 back into the state was the direct result of sanctuary law House Bill 3265 that was sponsored in part by Speaker of the House Tina Kotek, passed by Oregon State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Kate Brown in 2021.

Oregon House Bill 3265, a state anti-federal immigration enforcement law, appears to have voided any past cooperative working relationship or agreement DOC prison officials and all the state’s law enforcement agencies had with ICE Enforcement Removal Operations in the safe taking into custody and removal of real dangerous dysfunctional people, like Mexican national felon Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja aka Jose Luis Sanchez, from the United States of America.

The “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” has discovered Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja aka Jose Luis Sanchez is the third criminal alien felon while Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (DUII) killed an Oregon resident who are now likely still at large in the state, the others being Ignacio Merendon-Zerega and Leonel Zurita-Loeza, because of House Bill 3265 prohibiting Oregon Department of Corrections officials being able to notify ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations of an alien individual’s release from the DOC prison system.

Lars, the first week in the month of May 2023 and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 Pacific Northwest radio listeners and website followers.

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Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

April 28, 2023

Lars:

Today, in the last full week of April 2023, the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” has for your radio listeners and webpage followers an update on the cases of two criminal illegal alien drug traffickers who were convicted and sentenced to prison in the state of Oregon.

Some history, on Friday, October 27, 2017 U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents culminated a narcotics trafficking investigation and a undercover operation by serving search warrants on the residences of Angel Emir Cardenas age 27, Angel Vega-Sillas, age 35, and Apolonio Vidana Angulo, age 39, in northeast Salem, Oregon.

The DEA agents searching the three men’s residences discovered more than 18 pounds of methamphetamine, some cocaine and a trace amount of heroin.

After serving search warrants and the discovery of the illicit drugs, DEA agents’ arrested Angel Emir Cardenas, Angel Vega-Sillas and Apolonio Vidana Angulo and they were subsequently transported to the Marion County Jail (MCJ) in Salem, Oregon where they were incarcerated.

A search and check of the MCJ website revealed the criminal charges facing the men:

Angel Emir Cardenas (Case Number: 17CR72118; SID: 17155691; DOB: 02/10/1990) was charged with three counts of Delivery of Methamphetamine, one count of Delivery of Heroin and two counts of Child Neglect in the First Degree. Cardenas’ bail was set at $2,000,000.00.

Angel Vega-Sillas (Case Number: 17CR71661; SID: 22561705; DOB: 05/05/1982) was charged with three counts of Delivery of Methamphetamine, one count of Delivery of Heroin and two counts of Child Neglect in the First Degree. Vega-Sillas’ bail was set at $2,000,000.00.

Apolonio Vidana Angulo (Case Number: 17CR71646; SID: 22561677; DOB: 04/10/1978) was charged with two counts of Delivery of Methamphetamine, one count of Delivery of Heroin and one count of Delivery of Cocaine. Angulo’s bail was set at $2,000,000.00.

Wanting to know the immigration status of Angel Emir Cardenas, Angel Vega-Sillas and Apolonio Vidana Angulo, the “Criminal Alien of Week Report” contacted via e-mail on Monday, June 4, 2018 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Carissa Cutrell to investigate if the three men were illegally present in the United States of America.

On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 12, 2018 here is what ICE Public Affairs Officer Carissa Cutrell had to say via e-mail in response to the Criminal Alien of Week Report’s inquiry for information on Angel Emir Cardenas, Angel Vega-Sillas and Apolonio Vidana Angulo:

“ICE has lodged detainers on Angel Vegas-Sillas and Apolonio Vidana-Angulo, both citizens and nationals of Mexico, with the Marion County Jail following their arrests by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Vegas-Sillas was previously removed to Mexico in April 2009, May 2010 and December 2011. Vidana-Angulo was granted voluntary return to Mexico in January 2001 after Border Patrol discovered him being smuggled in the trunk of a car at a U.S. checkpoint. ICE has not lodged a detainer on the third individual because he is not subject to removal.

The Marion County Jail does not accept or honor ICE detainers without a criminal warrant issued by a magistrate judge. It prohibits ICE from entering the jail or conducting interviews with inmates, and it will not notify ICE of release dates of individuals with active detainers. ICE maintains that cooperation by local law enforcement is an indispensable component of promoting public safety. Sanctuary policies not only provide a refuge for illegal aliens, but they also shield criminal aliens who prey on people in their own and other communities.” – Carissa Cutrell, ICE Public Affairs Officer.

Some more details, Apolonio Vidana Angulo on July 19, 2018 after a guilty plea was convicted and sentenced in Marion County Circuit Court to 60 months in Oregon Department of Corrections prison system for two counts of Deliver of Methamphetamine, furthermore, after his release from prison he was to serve 36-months of probation.

Angel Vega-Sillas on November 28, 2018 after a guilty plea was convicted and sentenced in Marion County Circuit Court to 70 months in Oregon Department of Corrections prison system for one count of Deliver of Heroin, two counts of Deliver of Methamphetamine and two counts of Child Neglect in the First Degree, furthermore, after his release from prison he was to serve 36-months of probation.

Back to the present, “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” research indicates that during the time period Angel Vega-Sillas and Apolonio Vidana Angulo were incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainers was placed on them.

An April 4, 2023 online search by the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” revealed Angel Vega-Sillas and Apolonio Vidana Angulo were both under supervision (parole/probation) of Marion County Community Corrections in Salem, Oregon.

Seeking updated information on Angel Vegas-Sillas and Apolonio Vidana-Angulo current immigration status on Thursday, April 6, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted via e-mail U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region Alethea Smock.

Also on April 6, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted via e-mail Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) Communications Manager Amber Campbell requesting statements on the current and historical DOC custody status of Angel Vega-Sillas (Case Number: 17CR71661; SID: 22561705; DOB: 05/05/1982) and Apolonio Vidana Angulo (Case Number: 17CR71646; SID: 22561677; DOB: 04/10/1978):

On, April 24, 2023  DOC Communications Manager Amber Campbell responded to the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” in this way:

“• Angel Vega-Sillas SID# 22561705 entered into DOC custody on 11/29/2018 and released from DOC custody on 6/27/2022. His supervision (parole/probation) transferred to Marion County Community Corrections on his prison release date on 6/27/2022.  House Bill 3265 was passed and signed into law July 19, 2021. This law prevents DOC from using ICE detainers. If the Adult In Custody (AIC) is a foreigner or was born outside the United States, DOC is not to place an ICE detainers on the AIC.

• Apolonio Vidana-Angulo SID# 22561677 entered into DOC custody on 7/24/2018 and released from DOC custody on 4/29/2021. His supervision (parole/probation) transferred to Marion County Community Corrections on his prison release date on 4/29/2021.  House Bill 3265 was passed and signed into law July 19, 2021. This law prevents DOC from using ICE detainers. If the Adult In Custody (AIC) is a foreigner or was born outside the United States, DOC is not to place an ICE detainers on the AIC.”  – Amber Campbell, DOC Communications Manager.

On Thursday, March 27, 2023 ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region, Alethea Smock responded via e-mail with the following statements on Angel Emir Cardenas, Angel Vega-Sillas and Apolonio Vidana Angulo:

“STATEMENT:

ICE officers make enforcement decisions on a case-by-case basis in a professional and responsible manner, informed by their experience as law enforcement officials and in a way that best protects against the greatest threats to the homeland.

ON BACKGROUND:

Angel Emir Cardenas: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has no involvement with this individual.

Angel Vega-Sillas, 40, is a Mexican national who was removed to his home country by officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) July 19, 2022, following his conviction for illegal reentry. Vega-Sillas was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol near Lordsburg, New Mexico, March 27, 2009 and was convicted in the US District Court, District of New Mexico for illegal entry April 2, 2009, receiving a sentenced of 7 days in jail. An immigration judge ordered his removal to Mexico April 21, 2009. U.S. Border Patrol arrested Vega-Sillas near Lukeville, Arizona May, 2010 and was removed to Mexico the following day. U.S. Border Patrol again arrested Vega-Sillas near Gibraltar, Michigan Dec. 7, 2011, and he was removed to Mexico Dec. 20. At an unknown time and location, Vegas-Silas illegally entered the United States.

ERO officers lodged a detainer with the Marion County Jail, Oregon, Nov. 7, 2017, while Vega-Sillas was awaiting trial related to drug trafficking and child neglect charges. He was convicted in the Marion County Circuit court Nov. 28, 2018 for delivery of methamphetamine, receiving a sentence of 70 months in prison; delivery of heroin, receiving a sentence of 38 months in prison; and child neglect, receiving a sentence of 12 months in jail. ERO lodged another immigration detainer with Oregon Department of Corrections. He was convicted Oct. 8, 2019 in the US District Court, District of Oregon, for illegal reentry and was sentenced to 24 months prison and three years of supervised release to run concurrently to his Marion County Circuit Court conviction. Vega-Sillas was released by ODOC on an unknown date without notification to ICE, and was ultimately arrested by ERO while at large June 27, 2022 and removed to Mexico July 19, 2022.

Apolonio Vidana-Angulo, 45, is a Mexican national who was removed to his home country by ERO June 1, 2021, following a conviction related to drug trafficking. Vidana-Angulo was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol near San Clemente, California, Jan. 9, 2010 and issued a voluntary return to Mexico. At an unknown time and location, Vegas-Silas illegally entered the United States.  He was convicted in the Marion County Circuit, Oregon, court for delivery of methamphetamine July 18, 2018, receiving a sentence of seven years in prison. ERO officers encountered Vidana-Angulo while in the custody of ODOC, Jan. 10, 2019, placing an immigration detainer the same day. Vidana-Angulo was ordered removed from the U.S. by an immigration judge May 19, 2021, and removed to Mexico June 1.” – Alethea Smock, ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region.

Analysis, the Oregon Department of Corrections release of criminal alien felon drug traffickers Angel Vegas-Sillas and Apolonio Vidana-Angulo back into the state is the direct result of sanctuary laws like House Bill 3265 that was sponsored in part by Speaker of the House Tina Kotek, passed by Oregon State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Kate Brown in 2021.

House Bill 3265 is in reality a state anti-federal immigration enforcement law that prevents DOC prison officials and all the state’s law enforcement agencies from cooperating with ICE Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) in the safe location removal of real dangerous dysfunctional people from the United States of America.

Without revealing any operational details, despite not having any apparent recent cooperation from Oregon Department of Corrections or any of the state’s other law enforcement agencies, for the public safety of all America’s residents, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations was able to take into custody repeat criminal alien invaders Angel Vegas-Sillas and Apolonio Vidana-Angulo and in a timely manner remove them back to their country of origin Mexico.

Lars, the last full week in the month of April 2023 and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 Pacific Northwest radio listeners and website followers.

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U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Criminal Alien Report March 2023

U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Criminal Alien Report March 2023

April 3, 2023

By David Olen Cross

The United States having a significant foreign national population residing within the nation’s boundaries, be they legally or illegally present in the country, unfortunately includes those who commit crimes.

The extent and impact of foreign national crime on the U.S. citizens and residents of this country is clearly revealed by a simple search on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmates statistics website under the heading of inmate citizenship.

Here are the countries of origin, moreover, the number and percentage of those countries citizens recently incarcerated in the U.S. BOP prison system (Note: The most recent BOP crime numbers available were from March 25, 2023.).

Inmate Citizenship:

– Mexico 13,682 inmates, 8.6 percent;
– Dominican Republic 1,616 inmates, 1.0 percent;
– Colombia 1,609 inmates, 1.0 percent;
– Cuba 762 inmates, 0.5 percent;
– Other / unknown countries 8,058 inmates, 5.1 percent;
– United States 133,022 inmates, 83.8 percent;

Total: 158,749 inmates.

To explain the meaning of these preceding criminal alien inmate numbers and percentages, I will translate them into words:

Combining March 25th BOP criminal alien inmate numbers, there were 25,727 criminal aliens in the BOP prison system. Alien inmates were 16.2 percent of the federal prison population.

With 13,682 Mexican nationals being incarcerated in the BOP prison system, at 53.2 percent, they represent a significant majority of criminal aliens in federal prisons.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons breaks down the federal prison population into 13 types of offenses. One of the top five offenses, the reason inmates are serving time in federal prisons is for immigration crimes. There were 7,642 inmates in the BOP prison system incarcerated for immigration crimes; they were 5.2 percent of the federal prison population.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is a crime researcher who writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. The preceding report is a service to federal, state, county and city elected and non elected governmental officials to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the United States of America. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com. His current and past crime reports can be found at https://docfnc.wordpress.com/.

Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

March 21, 2023

Lars:

This week we have in the third full week of March 2023 a “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for your radio listeners and webpage followers that is an update on a criminal case of another illegal alien who killed an adult female Oregon resident more than a decade ago.

Some history, on Mother Day May 11, 2008 Leonel Zurita-Loeza while Driving Under Influence of Intoxicants (DUII) crashed the vehicle he was driving into a car driven by Carma Colleen Smith killing the 52-year old wife, mother of seven and grandmother of four, a resident of Dayton, a town located in Yamhill County, Oregon.

Leonel Zurita-Loeza was on a Diversion for a previous DUII out of Washington County when he killed Mrs Smith.

On May 12, 2008 Leonel Zurita-Loeza was arrested by the Oregon State Police (OSP) and transported and booked into the Yamhill County Jail in McMinnville, Oregon.

The criminal case against Leonel Zurita-Loeza (Case Number: CR080239) was prosecuted in Yamhill County Circuit Court where on August 12, 2008 he pled guilty and was sentenced to prison for approximately 15-years by a circuit court judge for the crimes of one count of Manslaughter I, four counts of Assault III and one count of DUII.

On August 14, 2008 Leonel Zurita-Loeza (SID: 17045856; DOB: 09/20/1981) entered into the custody of the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility intake center, his earliest release date being set at March 21, 2023.

“Criminal Alien of the Week Report” research indicates that since September 1, 2008 a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer was placed on Leonel Zurita-Loeza while he has been incarcerated in the DOC prison system.

According to former Pacific Northwest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Tanya Roman statement from October 11, 2018 Mexican national Leonel Zurita-Loeza is illegally in the United States, an immigration detainer was placed on him while he has been incarcerated in the DOC prison system.

Back to the present, seeking information on Leonel Zurita-Loeza’s current immigration status on Thursday, March 9, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted via e-mail U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region Alethea Smock.

A March 16, 2023 online search by the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” on the Oregon Department of Corrections Oregon Offender Search webpage revealed Leonel Zurita-Loeza, age 41, was incarcerated at the Santiam Correctional Institution located in Salem, Oregon.

Knowing the estimated release date of Leonel Zurita-Loeza, the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted on March 17, 2023 Oregon Department of Corrections Communications Manager Amber Campbell with the following three questions:

Will the Oregon Department of Corrections officials or officers honor the more than decade long U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer placed on Leonel Zurita-Loeza on or after the DOC’s earliest release date for Zurita-Loeza of March 21, 2023 and then transfer custody of him to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers?

Furthermore, if Oregon Department of Corrections prison officials in the past allowed ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers some form of access to criminal alien inmates with ICE immigration detainers, at what date (month and year) did DOC prison officials cut off access of ERO officers to interview or take into custody prison inmates?

If Oregon Department of Corrections officials or officers don’t on or after the DOC’s earliest release date of March 21, 2023 for Leonel Zurita-Loeza transfer custody of him to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers, what county will Zurita-Loeza be released into to be on parole/probation to serve his 36-months of court ordered post prison supervision?

On the same day, March 17th, DOC Communications Manager Amber Campbell responded to the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report’s” questions in this way:

“House Bill 3265 was passed and signed into law July 19, 2021. This law prevents DOC from using ICE detainers. If the Adult In Custody is a foreigner or was born outside the United States, DOC is not to place an ICE detainers on the AIC.

In reference to Leonel Zurita-Loeza, he was admitted to DOC custody on 8/14/2008 and remains incarcerated with an earliest release date of 3/21/2023. He will be under post-prison supervision after his release from prison.” – Amber Campbell, DOC Communications Manager.

On Monday, March 20, 2023 ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region, Alethea Smock responded via e-mail with the following statement on Leonel Zurita-Loeza:

“STATEMENT:

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) is focused on smart, effective immigration enforcement that protects the homeland through the arrest and removal of those who undermine the safety of our communities and the integrity of our immigration laws. As part of routine operations, ERO targets and arrests non-citizens who commit crimes and have violated our nation’s immigration laws.

ON BACKGROUND:

• Leonel Zurita-Loeza, 41, is a citizen of Mexico who was convicted of manslaughter, assault in the 3^rd degree and DUI by Yamhill County Circuit Court, Oregon, August 12, 2008. Zurita is a noncitizen present in the U.S. without admission or parole. Entering the United States without authorization is a violation of federal law, and those who do so may be subject to administrative arrest as well as criminal prosecution.

• According to the Oregon Department of Corrections, Zurita is scheduled to be released from custody March 21. Oregon will no longer honor the immigration detainer due to sanctuary laws and he will be released into the community without notification to ICE.

• “At-large” arrests, in general, refer to those apprehensions that occur beyond (outside) the confines of a secure facility, such as a local law enforcement jail or prison. In other words, at-large apprehensions indicate ERO officers conducted a targeted arrest within a community.” – Alethea Smock, ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region.

Analysis, the Oregon Department of Corrections’ pending release of convicted killer, serial DUII driver, criminal alien Leonel Zurita-Loeza back into the state is the direct result of sanctuary laws; like HB 3265 passed by Oregon State Legislature in 2021 and signed into law by Governor Kate Brown, a anti-federal immigration enforcement law that prevents DOC prison officials and all the state’s law enforcement agencies from cooperating with ICE Enforcement Removal Operations in the safe removal of real dangerous dysfunctional people from the United States of America.

Leonel Zurita-Loeza, soon to out of custody of both the Oregon Department of Corrections and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, continues to be the tip of the iceberg of criminal aliens being released from the DOC prison system back into the state without the notification of ICE Enforcement Removal Operations.

Prior to the time of Mexican national Leonel Zurita-Loeza’s estimated March 21, 2023 release date from the DOC prison system, just after HB 3265 became a state law, on August 1, 2021 there were 731 criminal aliens incarcerated in the state’s prisons, 16 months later, on December 1, 2022 there were 595 criminal aliens incarcerated in the state’s prisons — the difference of these preceding numbers mean as many as 136 criminal aliens were released back into Oregon counties without DOC prison officials being able to notify ICE Enforcement Removal Operations of their release from prison.

Lars, the third full week in the month of March 2023 and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 Pacific Northwest radio listeners and website followers.

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Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report

March 7, 2023

Lars:

This week we have in first full week in the month of March 2023 a “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for your radio listeners and webpage followers that is an update on a criminal case of an illegal alien who killed an adult female Oregon resident more than a decade ago.

Ignacio Merendon-Zerega (Case Number: CR070606; SID: 7213917; DOB: 11-04-1962) was convicted and sentenced May 5, 2008 in Yamhill County Circuit Court for one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree and one count Driving Under Influence Felony for killing Judyth Anne Cox, a 66-year old wife, mother of two and grandmother of six, a resident of Newberg, Oregon in Yamhill County on December 3, 2007.

A past Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) Oregon Offender Search webpage search revealed Ignacio Merendon-Zerega entered the DOC prison system on May 6, 2008 with his earliest release date being March 27, 2022.

According to “Criminal alien of the Week” DOC records Ignacio Merendon-Zerega was last incarcerated at the Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI) located in Ontario, Oregon.

During time period from when Ignacio Merendon-Zerega was incarcerated at the Yamhill County Jail on December 3, 2007 and in the Oregon Department of Corrections prison system a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer was placed on him.

Prior to killing Mrs. Cox Ignacio Merendon-Zerega was convicted of Driving Under the Influence Intoxicants (DUII) five times between 1989 and 2003 in Marion County, Oregon (Case Numbers: 89D104053-D, 92D101724-D, 02C44164, 03C42060 and 03C54366).

According to former Pacific Northwest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Tanya Roman statement from October 11, 2018 Mexican national Ignacio Merendon-Zerega was illegally in the United States, an immigration detainer was placed on him while he was incarcerated in the DOC prison system, furthermore, he had one prior removal from the country.

Knowing the estimated release date of Ignacio Merendon-Zerega, the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted on April 8, 2022 Oregon Department of Corrections Communications Manager Jennifer Black with the following two questions:

Did the DOC on or after the date of March 27, 2022 release or turnover custody of Ignacio Merendon-Zerega to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)?

Big picture, since the passage of Oregon House Bill 3265 during the 2021 Legislative Session is the DOC turning over custody of dangerous criminal aliens like Ignacio Merendon-Zerega who have completed their prison sentences to ICE?

On April 18, 2022 DOC Legislative and Government Relations Manager Marie D. Garcia responded to the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” questions:

“Thank you for reaching out to the Department of Corrections (DOC) with questions related to Mr. Merendon-Zerega and implementation of HB 3265. Communications Manager Jennifer Black has forwarded your email to me for response.

Since passage of HB 3265, DOC has adhered to its requirements including, but not limited, to Section 2(1)(c): “(1) A law enforcement agency or public body may not: (c) provide information about an individual in the custody of the public body or law enforcement agency to a federal immigration authority for the purpose of civil immigration enforcement” as well as Section 3(1)-(2)(b): “(1) Public facilities, property, moneys, equipment, technology or personnel may not be used for the purpose of investigating, detecting, apprehending, arresting, detaining or holding individuals for immigration enforcement. (2) Actions with a purpose described in subsection (1) of this section include, but are not limited to, the following: (b) Supporting or assisting a federal agency in immigration enforcement.”

Within that legislative framework, the agency is no longer facilitating the transition of releasing adults in custody (AIC) into the custody of ICE. Mr. Merendon-Zerega was released to post-prison supervision in Marion County on March 27, 2022. Under the provisions of HB 3265, that process would be the same for any AIC in similar circumstances.” – Marie D. Garcia, DOC Legislative and Government Relations Manager.

On April 11, 2022 the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” sent via e-mail U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), Seattle Field Office extensive details of Ignacio Merendon-Zerega’s release from the DOC prison system and his last suspected location while on probation in Marion County, Oregon.

On April 12, 2022 ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations confirmed via e-mail receiving the April 11, 2022 e-mail from the “Criminal Alien of the Week” reporter.

Seeking information on Ignacio Merendon-Zerega’s current immigration status on Monday, February 27, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted via e-mail U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region, (WCD) Alethea Smock.

According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Case Load Report concerning parole or probation on March 4, 2023 Ignacio Merendon-Zerega was on limited supervision in Marion County.

On Monday, March 6, 2023 ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region, Smock responded via e-mail with the following statement on Ignacio Merendon-Zerega:

“ON BACKGROUND:

Ignacio Merendon Zerega, 62, is a Mexican national who is currently at large following his release from prison after serving sentences for manslaughter, driving under the influence, assault, and driving with a suspended or revoked license. Merendon Zerega entered the U.S. at an unknown date or location, and an immigration judge ordered him removed to Mexico July 21, 2006. At an unknown date or location, Merendon Zerega reentered the U.S.

Enforcement and Removal Operations officers encountered Merendon Zerega while in custody at the Yamhill County (Oregon) Jail following his arrest on multiple charges Dec. 3, 2007, placing an immigration detainer the next day. The Yamhill County Circuit Court, Oregon, convicted Merendon Zerega of manslaughter, sentencing him to 180 months prison and 3 years post-prison supervision, driving under the influence, sentencing him to 60 months prison and 2 years post-prison supervision, assault, sentencing him to 1 year jail, and driving with a suspended or revoked license, sentencing him to 12 months jail.

On March 25, 2009, ERO Seattle again encountered Merendon Zerega while in custody in Marion County Oregon for his convictions and placed an immigration detainer the following day based on a review of his immigration and criminal histories.

The Oregon Department of Corrections released Merendon Zerega without notification to ERO Seattle as requested by the detainer and he is currently at large.

Enforcement and Removal Operations places immigration detainers on individuals who have been arrested on criminal charges and who the agency has probable cause to believe are removable under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The detainer requests the other law enforcement agency to notify ERO before a removable individual is released from custody and to maintain custody of the non-citizen for a brief period so that ERO can take custody of that person in a safe and secure setting upon release from that agency’s custody.” – Alethea Smock, ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region.

Anaysis, the Oregon Department of Corrections release of convicted felon killer, serial DUII driver, criminal illegal alien Ignacio Merendon-Zerega back into the state of Oregon is the direct result of sanctuary laws; like HB 3265 passed by Oregon State Legislature in 2021, anti-federal immigration enforcement laws, that prevent DOC prison officials and all the state’s law enforcement agencies from cooperating with ICE Enforcement Removal Operations in the removal of real bad dysfunctional people from the United States of America.

Ignacio Merendon-Zerega now being out of custody of both the Oregon Department of Corrections and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is just the tip of the iceberg of criminal aliens being released from the DOC prison system back into the state without the notification of ICE Enforcement Removal Operations.

Just four days later, after the time of Mexican national Ignacio Merendon-Zerega’s March 27, 2022 release from the DOC prison system, on April 1, 2022 there were 660 criminal aliens with immigration detainers incarcerated in the state’s prisons, eight months later, on December 1, 2022 there were 595 criminal aliens with immigration detainers incarcerated in the state’s prisons — the difference of these preceding numbers mean at least 65 criminal aliens with immigration detainers were released back into Oregon counties without DOC prison officials notifying ICE Enforcement Removal Operations of their release from prison.

Lars, the first full week in the month of March 2023 and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 Pacific Northwest radio listeners and website followers.

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U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Criminal Alien Report February 2023

U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Criminal Alien Report February 2023

March 3, 2023

By David Olen Cross

The United States having a significant foreign national population residing within the nation’s boundaries, be they legally or illegally present in the country, unfortunately includes those who commit crimes.

The extent and impact of foreign national crime on the U.S. citizens and residents of this country is clearly revealed by a simple search on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmates statistics website under the heading of inmate citizenship.

Here are the countries of origin, moreover, the number and percentage of those countries citizens recently incarcerated in the U.S. BOP prison system (Note: The most recent BOP crime numbers available were from February 25, 2023.).

Inmate Citizenship:

– Mexico 13,593 inmates, 8.6 percent;
– Colombia 1,621 inmates, 1.0 percent;
– Dominican Republic 1,606 inmates, 1.0 percent;
– Cuba 759 inmates, 0.5 percent;
– Other / unknown countries 8,031 inmates, 5.1 percent;
– United States 132,044 inmates, 83.8 percent;

Total: 157,654 inmates.

To explain the meaning of these preceding criminal alien inmate numbers and percentages, I will translate them into words:

Combining February 25th BOP criminal alien inmate numbers, there were 25,610 criminal aliens in the BOP prison system. Alien inmates were 16.2 percent of the federal prison population.

With 13,593 Mexican nationals being incarcerated in the BOP prison system, at 53.1 percent, they represent a significant majority of criminal aliens in federal prisons.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons breaks down the federal prison population into 13 types of offenses. One of the top five offenses, the reason inmates are serving time in federal prisons is for immigration crimes. There were 7,444 inmates in the BOP prison system incarcerated for immigration crimes; they were 5.1 percent of the federal prison population.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is a crime researcher who writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. The preceding report is a service to federal, state, county and city elected and non elected governmental officials to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the United States of America. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com. His current and past crime reports can be found at https://docfnc.wordpress.com/.

U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Criminal Alien Report January 2023

U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Criminal Alien Report January 2023

February 3, 2023

By David Olen Cross

The United States having a significant foreign national population residing within the nation’s boundaries, be they legally or illegally present in the country, unfortunately includes those who commit crimes.

The extent and impact of foreign national crime on the U.S. citizens and residents of this country is clearly revealed by a simple search on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmates statistics website under the heading of inmate citizenship.

Here are the countries of origin, moreover, the number and percentage of those countries citizens recently incarcerated in the U.S. BOP prison system (Note: The most recent BOP crime numbers available were from January 28, 2023.).

Inmate Citizenship:

– Mexico 13,865 inmates, 8.7 percent;
– Colombia 1,666 inmates, 1.0 percent;
– Dominican Republic 1,627 inmates, 1.0 percent;
– Cuba 793 inmates, 0.5 percent;
– Other / unknown countries 8,180 inmates, 5.1 percent;
– United States 132,817 inmates, 83.6 percent;

Total: 158,948 inmates.

To explain the meaning of these preceding criminal alien inmate numbers and percentages, I will translate them into words:

Combining January 28th BOP criminal alien inmate numbers, there were 26,131 criminal aliens in the BOP prison system. Alien inmates were 16.4 percent of the federal prison population.

With 13,865 Mexican nationals being incarcerated in the BOP prison system, at 53.1 percent, they represent a significant majority of criminal aliens in federal prisons.

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons breaks down the federal prison population into 13 types of offenses. One of the top five offenses, the reason inmates are serving time in federal prisons is for immigration crimes. There were 7,483 inmates in the BOP prison system incarcerated for immigration crimes; they were 5.0 percent of the federal prison population.

David Olen Cross of Salem, Oregon is a crime researcher who writes on immigration issues and foreign national crime. The preceding report is a service to federal, state, county and city elected and non elected governmental officials to help them assess the impact of foreign national crime in the United States of America. He can be reached at docfnc@yahoo.com. His current and past crime reports can be found at https://docfnc.wordpress.com/.