Mexican man allegedly aided by Wisconsin judge agrees to guilty plea

Mexican man allegedly aided by Wisconsin judge agrees to guilty plea 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.

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.