Immigrant allegedly helped by Wisconsin judge to evade federal agents is sentenced to time served

Eduardo Flores-Ruiz reached a deal with prosecutors and he won't be contesting his deportation.

MADISON, Wis. — An immigrant who was arrested after a judge in Wisconsin allegedly helped him dodge federal agents has been sentenced to time served for illegally reentering the United States.

U.S. District Judge Pamela Pepper sentenced 31-year-old Eduardo Flores-Ruiz on Wednesday in Milwaukee after he reached a deal with prosecutors to not contest deportation. Flores-Ruiz has spent nearly seven months in jail since he was arrested in April. Pepper warned him that he would face harsher penalties if he ever returns to the country.

"I very much hope you can find a way to make a living back home rather than coming back here," she told Flores-Ruiz.

Speaking through a translator, Flores-Ruiz apologized for entering the United States, said he was grateful that he had a chance to work in the country and promised never to return.

According to a presentencing memo from Flores-Ruiz's attorney, he grew up near Michoacan, Mexico, and worked as a fisherman and frog catcher with his father. Frog legs are a delicacy in the region, according to the memo.