Criminal Alien Report 05-01-23 By David Cross
Lars Larson Show: Criminal Alien of the Week Report
May 1, 2023
Lars:
The “Criminal Alien of the Week Report”in the first week of May 2023 has for your radio listeners and webpage followers a case of a criminal illegal alien who killed an adult male Oregon resident more than a decade ago but after completing his prison sentence for the crime he was not removed from the United States of America because of a state sanctuary law.
Some history, Jose Luis Sanchez, age 21 at the time, on August 7, 1995 was involved in a single vehicle crash while Driving Under Influence of Intoxicants (DUII) that killed a passenger in the car he was driving identified as 22-year old Jesus Gonzalez-Sanchez in Marion County, Oregon.
On December 20, 2012 Jose Luis Sanchez (aka Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja; Marion County Circuit Court Case Number: 96C20095; SID: 8897140; DOB: 02/04/1974; Immigration Detainer Docket Number: A29 672 518), at the time age 38, entered into custody of the Marion County Jail (MCJ) in Salem, Oregon where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer Hold and U.S. Marshalls Hold were placed on him.
The next day, on December 21, 2012 Oregon State Police (OSP) issued a news release on historical events of taking Jose Luis Sanchez into custody — here is an extended excerpt from the OSP news release:
“A fugitive sought for 17 years in relation to a 1995 fatal traffic crash in Marion County was returned to Oregon Thursday following his arrest nearly a year ago on federal charges after illegally entering the United States from Mexico.
In January 2012, Border Patrol agents assigned to the Casa Grande, Arizona station apprehended a man for illegally entering the United States. During processing, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) alerted agents to an active warrant issued in 1995 out of Marion County, Oregon for vehicular homicide. The Marion County District Attorney’s Office worked closely with Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents to positively identify the man as JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ, age 38. SANCHEZ was wanted following an August 7, 1995 fatal traffic crash when he was 21 years of age and resided in Prineville.
According to an Oregon State Police (OSP) investigation, the single vehicle fatal traffic crash occurred at approximately 1:20 a.m. on Highway 22 about six miles west of Idanha near milepost 60. A passenger car driven by SANCHEZ was westbound at a high rate of speed when it failed to negotiate a curve, traveled across the highway and struck several trees. Right front passenger JESUS GONZALEZ-SANCHEZ, age 22, from Prineville, was pronounced deceased at the scene. JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ was seriously injured and treated at a Portland-area hospital.
Since being taken into custody, SANCHEZ was held in federal custody and subsequently pled guilty on federal charges. After sentencing, he was transported to Oregon for a pending arraignment in Marion County Circuit Court on charges related to the fatal traffic crash.” – OSP, December 21, 2012 news release.
Forty-seven days later, on February 6, 2013 Marion County District Attorney’s Office (MCDAO) issued a news release on the prosecution and conviction of Luis Sanchez for killing Jesus Gonzalez-Sanchez — here is an extended excerpt from the MCDAO news release:
“A fugitive sought for 17 years in relation to a 1995 fatal traffic crash in Marion County has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 120 months in the Oregon Department of Corrections.
JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ was returned to Oregon in December 2012 following his arrest nearly a year before on federal charges after illegally entering the United States from Mexico.
In January 2012, Border Patrol agents assigned to the Casa Grande, Arizona station apprehended a man for illegally entering the United States. During processing, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) alerted agents to an active warrant issued in 1995 out of Marion County, Oregon for vehicular homicide. The Marion County District Attorney’s Office worked closely with Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents to positively identify the man as JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ, age 38. SANCHEZ was wanted following an August 7, 1995 fatal traffic crash when he was 21 years of age and resided in Prineville, Oregon.
According to an Oregon State Police (OSP) investigation, the single vehicle fatal traffic crash occurred at approximately 1:20 a.m. on Highway 22 about six miles west of Idanha near milepost 60. A passenger car driven by SANCHEZ was westbound at a high rate of speed when it failed to negotiate a curve, traveled across the highway and struck several trees. Right front passenger JESUS GONZALEZ-SANCHEZ, age 22, from Prineville, was pronounced deceased at the scene. JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ was seriously injured and treated at a Portland-area hospital.
Since being taken into custody in Arizona, SANCHEZ was held in federal custody and subsequently pled guilty to federal charges. After sentencing, he was transported to Oregon and arraigned in Marion County Circuit Court on charges related to the fatal traffic crash.
Today, Sanchez pleaded guilty to Manslaughter in the First Degree and Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants. He was sentenced by the Honorable Senior Judge Gregory Foote for Manslaughter in the First Degree to 120 months in the Department of Corrections and 36 months of post-prison supervision and for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants to 365 days in the Marion County Jail.” – MCDAO, January, 6, 2013 news release.
Back to the present, “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” research indicates that during the time period Jose Luis Sanchez was incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detainer was placed on him.
A March 23, 2023 online search by the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” indicates that Jose Luis Sanchez, now age 49, is under supervision (parole/probation) of Marion County Community Corrections in Salem, Oregon.
Seeking information on Jose Luis Sanchez’s current immigration status on Thursday, March 23, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” contacted via e-mail U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region Alethea Smock.
The next day, on Friday, March 24, 2023 the “Criminal Alien of the Week” contacted via e-mail Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) Communications Manager Amber Campbell requesting an investigation and statement of Jose Luis Sanchez aka Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja’s historical custody status in the DOC prison system.
On the same day, March 24th, DOC Communications Manager Amber Campbell responded to the “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” in this way:
“Mr. Sanchez entered into DOC custody 2/6/2013 and was released from DOC custody, to post-prison supervision, on 2/3/2023. His supervision is with Marion County S.O./Community Corrections Division.
House Bill 3265 was passed and signed into law July 19, 2021. This law prevents DOC from using ICE detainers. If the Adult In Custody is a foreigner or was born outside the United States, DOC is not to place an ICE detainers on the AIC.” – Amber Campbell, DOC Communications Manager.
On Friday, April 28, 2023 ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region, Alethea Smock responded via e-mail with the following statement on Jose Luis Sanchez aka Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja:
“STATEMENT:
ICE officers make enforcement decisions on a case-by-case basis in a professional and responsible manner, informed by their experience as law enforcement officials and in a way that best protects against the greatest threats to the homeland.
ON BACKGROUND:
Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja, 49, is a Mexican national who is currently at large following his release from prison after serving sentences for manslaughter and DUI. He has been previously convicted of harassment, driving under the influence, and is a registered sex offender convicted of sodomy.
Sanchez-Ceja entered the U.S. at an unknown date or location and was removed to Mexico Dec. 18, 1992. He subsequently reentered the U.S. and was convicted in the U.S. District Court District of Arizona for Illegal Reentry, receiving a sentence of 18 months in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. While serving this federal sentence, he was extradited to Oregon and arraigned in the Marion County Circuit Court. Enforcement and Removal Operations officers lodged an immigration detainer with the Oregon Department of Corrections Dec. 28, 2012, following his conviction for manslaughter and DUI, receiving sentences of 10 years followed by three years’ post-prison supervision as well as 365 days in jail. Sanchez-Ceja was released Feb. 3 with no notification to ICE.” – Alethea Smock, ICE Public Affairs Director of Communications, Northwest Region.
Analysis, the Oregon Department of Corrections’ releasing of criminal alien felon Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja aka Jose Luis Sanchez on February 6, 2023 back into the state was the direct result of sanctuary law House Bill 3265 that was sponsored in part by Speaker of the House Tina Kotek, passed by Oregon State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Kate Brown in 2021.
Oregon House Bill 3265, a state anti-federal immigration enforcement law, appears to have voided any past cooperative working relationship or agreement DOC prison officials and all the state’s law enforcement agencies had with ICE Enforcement Removal Operations in the safe taking into custody and removal of real dangerous dysfunctional people, like Mexican national felon Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja aka Jose Luis Sanchez, from the United States of America.
The “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” has discovered Jose Alberto Sanchez-Ceja aka Jose Luis Sanchez is the third criminal felon while Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (DUII) killed an Oregon resident who are now likely still at large in the state, the others being Ignacio Merendon-Zerega and Leonel Zurita-Loeza, because of House Bill 3265 prohibiting Oregon Department of Corrections officials being able to notify ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations of an alien individual’s release from the DOC prison system.
Lars, the first week in the month of May 2023 and another “Criminal Alien of the Week Report” for Lars Larson Show KXL FM 101.1 Pacific Northwest radio listeners and website followers.
David Olen Cross
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