Mexican man allegedly aided by Wisconsin judge agrees to guilty plea

A Mexican man who prosecutors say briefly evaded arrest with the help of a Wisconsin judge has agreed to plead guilty to illegally entering the United States

A Mexican man who prosecutors say briefly evaded arrest with the help of a Wisconsin judge has agreed to plead guilty to illegally entering the United States.

Federal prosecutors in Milwaukee on Monday filed a plea agreement with Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 31, resolving an illegal reentry charge filed against him after federal agents had sought his arrest at a Milwaukee courthouse on April 18.

On that date, he appeared before Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan in a battery case, and prosecutors have alleged Dugan misdirected the agents and escorted Flores-Ruiz to a side exit to help him escape. The officers caught him outside the courthouse.

The judge was later indicted on charges of obstruction and concealing a person wanted for arrest. She has pleaded not guilty.

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