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I was troubled because, on the face of it, what I heard sounded like potential federal criminal law violations and/or ethical violations, U.S. Attorney Billy Williams told Willamette Weekreporters. Generally, were talking about obstruction of justice.

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The case took place in January at the Multnomah County Courthouse in Oregon, where 22-year-old Diddier Pacheco Salazar was set to plead guilty to two charges in connection with a January 1 DUI arrest, the Willamette Weekrecently reported. On January 27, Pacheco pleaded guilty to one count of driving recklessly and one count of driving under the influence of intoxicants.

According to the Oregon newspaper, plainclothes federal agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had been at the courthouse looking for illegal immigrants. That is when lower court judge Monica Herranz allegedly had Pacheco escorted out through a private entrance in order to avoid being captured by ICE agents who were looking for him to arrest him on immigration charges. Federal agents arrested Pacheco two weeks later at another court hearing.

The attorney for the illegal alien expressed surprise at the disappearance of his client from the courtroom.I prepped my client. I said, I dont know if theyre going to pick you up outside or what, but heres how to prepare,' Salazars lawyer John Schlosser said to the local reporters. After the court appearance, I went out in the hallway and sat. My client never came out. I cant say that Im surprised he didnt come out, but I gave him his options, and assume he had to have been escorted out some other way.

While federal authorities have not yet filed criminal charges against Herranz, her court superiors are also carrying out an inquiry into her alleged actions.

Breitbart Texas associate editor and senior political news contributorBob Pricecontributed to this article. He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter@BobPriceBBTX.

Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded the Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby and Stephen K. Bannon. You can follow him onTwitterand onFacebook.

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