Daniela Calderon Rivera is still recovering from the six gunshot wounds she received when a motivated by anti-trans hatred Domingo Ramirez Cayente tried to kill her.back on September 20.
ICE is also claiming according to the
Dallas Morning News that Ramirez-Cayente was deported to Mexico back in 2010.
We presumed in the DFW area and Texas trans community based on that emerging info, that
when he was arrested, Ramirez-Cayente would be locked up until his trial, but we were wrong. Instead of being charged with attempted murder, the Mexican national was only charged with aggravated assault
WTF?
To add to the high levels of WTF level issues in this case, Magistrate Judge Hal Turley issued a $25,000 bond for a hate crime. Since you only have to pay 10% of that amount, that meant that all Ramirez Cayente had to come up with was $2500 to be sprung from the Dallas County Jail.
Turley compounded his bond amount mistake by not ordering him to wear an ankle monitor to ensure that he could be tracked.
Turley also failed to consider the fact that Dallas is only a 7.5 hour drive to Laredo and the Mexican border, and that Ramirez Cayente may have a major incentive once released from jail to point that red Chevy truck he owns onto I-35 south and skedaddle across the Rio Grande into Mexico.
It appears that Ramirez-Cayente has fled the Dallas area, and that a fugitive warrant was issued by the Dallas Police Department on October 7 for his arrest.
Local advocate Stacey Monroe is holding a press conference at 3:15 PM at the Frank Crowley Courts Building to discuss the latest developments in this case.
Daniela Calderon Rivera deserves justice, and has every right to be fearful in light of the fact the violent transphobe who tried to kill her is a fugitive from justice. Some folks in the Dallas County justice system failed her, and they must be held accountable for that.
We also need to know the answer to the question of why an attempted murderer was released in Dallas?
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