Marine Vet Speaks Out After Being Shot And Paralyzed By Illegal Immigrant Suspect With Prior Arrests

The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office later downgraded the DWI charge to obstructing a passageway, which Ortega Ruiz pleaded guilty to. He later violated his probation and was arrested again in August 2023.

Ortega Ruiz was released again after posting a $1,500 bond and never appeared for his later court hearing.

Authorities arrested him for a third time in September 2023 before he posted a $1,500 bond and again failed to show up to court.

His fourth arrest took place in November 2024. He was sentenced to time served three weeks later.

At one point, Ortega Ruiz was allegedly tied to an assault investigation after his girlfriend claimed he physically attacked her. The illegal immigrant ran from the scene and was never captured for the alleged crime, law enforcement sources said.

Friesenhahn directed a message to President Donald Trump, who he believes can ensure the illegal immigrant stays behind bars.

“For President Trump, I would say this: the fact that this person was locked up four times and released, and our justice system seems to fail our citizens, what does that say? You’re not a citizen of the United States, and we won’t let you walk away,” Friesenhahn said.

“I want to thank President Trump for working so hard to secure our borders and putting the American citizens first. Many people have been hurt or killed because of the unsecured border and soft-on-crime practices. Americans deserve to be protected, and President Trump is helping to make sure this happens,” he said.

The Marine vet also made clear that he doesn’t want Trump to deport the alleged shooter.

“Do not deport him, but have harsher punishments for those who commit crimes in this country because if we commit a crime in [another] country, I guarantee you they would not … deport us, we would do the time there, and it would not be the same.

“In my case and in any other case, and victims who have been victimized by illegal immigrants, I say you do the crime, you pay the time in that country.”

The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office has only pursued aggravated assault charges against the illegal immigrant.

Both Friesenhahn and his family are outraged with the charges, arguing that the illegal immigrant’s alleged crimes rise to attempted murder and that he should be behind bars for life.

“It seems as if the district attorney’s office here is just trying to clear their backlog without serving true justice to victims and their families. There have been many recent cases dismissed or even lenient probations established where there should have been jail time. We await trial and sentencing, or even, more so, anxiously await a poor deal where the shooter receives a low sentence of twenty years or less,” his brother-in-law Emmanuel Martinez told The Daily Wire.

In an attempt to ensure the illegal immigrant faces justice, the federal government has hit Ortega Ruiz with charges for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed a detainer to ensure he’s not released onto the streets again.

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