{"id":1531565,"date":"2025-04-21T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1531565"},"modified":"2025-04-21T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T20:25:00","slug":"democrat-judge-caught-harboring-suspected-tren-de-aragua-gang-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/democrat-judge-caught-harboring-suspected-tren-de-aragua-gang-member\/1531565\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Judge Caught Harboring Suspected Tren de Aragua Gang Member"},"content":{"rendered":"

Democrat Judge Caught Harboring Suspected Tren de Aragua Gang Member<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Ken Silva<\/a> via Headline USA<\/a>,<\/em><\/p>\n

A county judge in New Mexico has\u00a0reportedly<\/a>\u00a0resigned after Homeland Security Investigations agents arrested a suspected\u00a0Tren de Aragua<\/a>\u00a0gang member and other illegal aliens at his home.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The resignation of Do\u00f1a Ana County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano comes after HSI agents executed a search warrant at his home on Feb. 28\u2014arresting suspected 23-year-old gang member Cristhian Ortega-Lopez there. Agents also took an undisclosed number of other illegal immigrants into custody, and seized four firearms that he handled illegally.<\/p>\n

The details of Ortega-Lopez\u2019s case are wild.<\/p>\n

According to court records, the suspected Tren de Aragua member was arrested while entering the U.S. illegally on Dec. 15, 2023. Due to overcrowded Border Patrol facilities, Ortega-Lopez was released three days later.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is absolutely bonkers: It looks like the judge’s wife disclosed that the Tren de Aragua member was living with them — and she seemingly discloses multiples crimes, including that he worked illegally and crossed the border 5 times in recent months<\/p>\n

The judge’s family might\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/nLnbo55oFD<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rnRvRadly7<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ken Silva (@JD_Cashless) April 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Ortega-Lopez was supposed to stay in Denver pending removal proceedings. However, he moved to El Paso, Texas, without informing Homeland Security or any other government agency.<\/p>\n

It was in El Paso where Ortega-Lopez met Nancy Cano, the wife of Judge Cano.<\/strong> The Canos admitted they hired Ortega-Lopez to install a glass door for them\u2014which is illegal since the Venezuelan was not authorized to work.<\/p>\n

Ortega-Lopez was evicted from his apartment last April, after which he moved in with the Canos.<\/p>\n

The suspected Tren de Aragua member\u2019s relationship with the Canos became cozy, so much so that he was introduced to their daughter, April Cano, who let him use her guns\u2014which, like him working without authorization, is illegal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the Canos, Ortega-Lopez posted pictures of himself with those firearms on social media.<\/p>\n

The story became arguably even stranger after the HSI agents executed the Feb. 28 search warrant. On March 13, Nancy Cano wrote to U.S. Judge Damian Martinez, pleading for him to have mercy on Ortega-Lopez. In that letter, Cano seemingly admits that she illegally hired the immigrant\u2014and also hired him out to others.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach job he got I was told he did an excellent job. No one was ever disappointed. I started to receive more requests for him to return or referral for more jobs,\u201d she said, also enclosing pictures of Ortega-Lopez with the Cano family.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn five different occasions he went through Border Patrol check points with no problems,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>she added\u2014perhaps disclosing yet more crimes. \u201cI took him in as my own son \u2026 Please consider his future and give him a chance.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

During a court hearing the next day, U.S. Judge Damian Martinez asked Justice Department prosecutor Maria Armijio if she knew Judge Cano. When the prosecutor said she didn\u2019t know Judge Cano, Martinez said he did know him\u2014and trusted him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve met him before several times and he\u2019s got a BS meter like you \u2013 a lot of people have never seen. He knows when somebody is BS\u2019ing him,\u201d Judge Martinez said. \u201cI don\u2019t think Judge Cano has a BS meter and I don\u2019t think he would just let anybody live in his property.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge Martinez found that Ortega-Lopez was not a flight risk, and ordered him to be released. The DOJ appealed on March 28, disclosing more information about Ortega-Lopez\u2019s relationship with the Canos, as well as his affiliation with Tren de Aragua. <\/strong>According to the DOJ, agents found ample evidence of his gang affiliation while searching his cell phones.<\/p>\n

\u201cA search of the cellphones revealed the following, which affirms the fact that the Defendant is a TdA member:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“(1) A conversation with an individual on April 30, 2024, in which he refers to his AK-47 tattoo as an \u2018Aragua train,\u2019 and comments that he is worried about telling [Nancy Cano] about it,\u201d the DOJ said in its March 28 appeal.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c(2) A conversation with an individual in which they discuss the $5,000 award offered by the State of Texas for TdA members and joke about the reward money,\u201d the DOJ\u2019s appeal added.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c(3) A conversation with an individual in which the other participant warns Defendant about sending photographs that may jeopardize him in the United States that also includes a request to get a grenade or two 38s.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Agents also allegedly found photographs of two brutal murder victims that includes mutilated bodies, decapitated heads and dismembered hands on Ortega-Lopez\u2019s cell phones.<\/p>\n

A hearing is schedule for April 30 for Judge Martinez to reconsider allowing Ortega-Lopez to remain free on bail. The Canos have reportedly declined to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 04\/21\/2025 – 12:25<\/span><\/p>\n

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