ICE And Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office In Oregon At Odds Over Accused Wife Killer
A man accused of murdering his wife and leaving her body to rot in a ditch is now at the center of a firestorm between Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office and ICE.
The body of Coral Rodriguez-Lorenzo, 38 of Portland, was found in a ditch on Southeast Camp Namanu Road near the Sandy River in the Bull Run-Sandy area on Sunday morning.
Her husband, Martin Gallo-Gallardo was subsequently arrested on the charge of murder. Deputies say he confessed to killing his wife, but he pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday.
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Federal officers said they placed an immigration hold on Gallo-Gallardo when he was arrested in March in a domestic violence case, months before Coral Rodriguez-Lorenzo was killed.
Read: Full Immigration Detainer Request on Martin Gallo-Gallardo:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5027649-Gallo-Gallardo-Detainer-Fax-Redacted.html
Officials with the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office claim to have never received the request, but even if they had, officials say they would not have honored the request due to a 2014 federal court ruling.
In a statement released to KOIN 6 News officials said, in part:
“The fact is, ICE placed an immigration detainer on Gallo-Gallardo on March 6, following his arrest for Felony Assault 4th degree. The detainer specifically requested notification of Gallo-Gallardo’s release. Under current Oregon law, Multnomah County does not honor detainers in any way. The jail did not contact ICE to provide advance notification of Gallo-Gallardo’s release, which is something routinely done by other counties. Because the detainer request was ignored, Gallo-Gallardo was released on bond on March 8.”
During a Friday afternoon press conference, Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese said that ICE was “being disingenuous” about their claim of sending the detainer request.
“Check the readability of pages 1 and 3,” Reese said. He noted ICE faxed the document and it states pages 1 and 3 have readability issues — meaning Multnomah County officials never got it.
“It’s 2018,” Reese said. “Let’s start using good technology.”
Gallo-Gallardo, 45, is accused of stabbing his wife multiple times after attending a party over the weekend, then dumping her body in a ditch near a summer camp near Sandy.
When Gallo-Gallardo was arrested in March on assault charges on his wife, a grand jury decided not to proceed with the case after she was unwilling to cooperate. At that time, Gallo-Gallardo bailed out of jail.
According to federal authorities, Gallo-Gallardo is a Mexican citizen who entered the United States with no documentation. ICE said that if Multnomah County had held him as they requested, he would likely still be in federal custody, rather than returning home to his wife and murdering her.
“It’s unfortunate that law enforcement agencies like the Multnomah County jail refuse to work with ICE to promote public safety by holding criminals accountable and providing justice and closure for their victims,” said Tanya J. Roman, a spokeswoman for the ICE regional office that covers Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska.”
In a statement, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said, in part:
No Oregon Jail can hold someone on a civil detainer based on the federal court case Miranda Oliveras v. Clackamas County. The U.S. Attorney’s Office knows this, ICE knows this, but they persist in pursuing this failed strategy. Federal officials had ample time to do their job. They had his name, address, and his telephone number.”
Problem is, this case has nothing to do with Oregon being a santuary state. It solely revolves around the federal case of Miranda Olivares v Clackmas County.
In 1987, Oregon became the first sanctuary state in the country. State agencies, including law enforcement, are forbidden from using resources or people to find or arrest people whose only legal violation is federal immigration law.
Next week, voters will decide on Measure 105, which seeks to repeal the law.
Full text of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office statement:
“ICE is putting our community at risk with their failed enforcement strategy of not using the authority the agency already has to hold people accountable.
No Oregon jail can hold someone on a civil detainer based on the federal court case Miranda Oliveras v. Clackamas County. The U.S. Attorney’s Office knows this, ICE knows this, but they persist in pursuing this failed strategy. Federal officials had ample time to do their job. They had his name, address, and his telephone number.
It is disingenuous to make this claim when they failed to follow the process for even entering the civil detainer information into any law enforcement database. MCSO wants to make clear that we did not receive any information from ICE regarding this individual.
Local police, corrections professionals, and the District Attorney did their best to hold this person accountable for his domestic violent assault — including taking the case to a grand jury. However, we were unable to hold him accountable without the cooperation of the victim.
We do not know why she did not cooperate, but we know that many immigrant victims of domestic violence are concerned about how reporting will affect their status and status their children. This a terrible tragedy for her and her children. We remain committed to building a relationship of trust with immigrant communities so they feel comfortable sharing their story. Public safety needs to be for all.”
Full text of ICE statement:
“ICE maintains that cooperation by local law enforcement is an indispensable component of promoting public safety. Gallo-Gallardo is a citizen of Mexico who has been previously apprehended by the Border Patrol multiple times unlawfully entering the United States. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) placed an immigration detainer on Gallo-Gallardo on March 6, following his arrest for Felony Assault 4th degree. The Multnomah County Jail did not honor that detainer and Gallo-Gallardo was released on bond on March 8.
The fact is, ICE placed an immigration detainer on Gallo-Gallardo on March 6, following his arrest for Felony Assault 4th degree. The detainer specifically requested notification of Gallo-Gallardo’s release. Under current Oregon law, Multnomah County does not honor detainers in any way. The jail did not contact ICE to provide advance notification of Gallo-Gallardo’s release, which is something routinely done by other counties. Because the detainer request was ignored, Gallo-Gallardo was released on bond on March 8.
In addition to false claims that ICE never filed a detainer, the county’s statement on this matter ignores the fact that there is no mechanism for a judge to issue a criminal warrant for an administrative immigration arrest. Oregon’s sanctuary policies fail to recognize federally established processes for the enforcement of immigration law, and they do so at the expense of the safety of their citizens.”
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