Baltazar Aburto Gutiérrez
Biography
Baltazar Aburto Gutiérrez, known as Rosas, spoke to journalists about his partner's immigration arrest. ICE detained him in late 2017. He reported that an agent explicitly linked the arrest to his newspaper interview. Lawyers cited his case in a complaint concerning alleged retaliation against immigrant-rights speech. ICE disputed retaliation. A 2021 Cornell and NYU legal-clinic complaint reports that he was subsequently released on bond, while removal proceedings continued.
Case history and verification
Baltazar Aburto Gutiérrez, known as Rosas, spoke to journalists about his partner's immigration arrest. ICE detained him in late 2017. He reported that an agent explicitly linked the arrest to his newspaper interview. Lawyers cited his case in a complaint concerning alleged retaliation against immigrant-rights speech. ICE disputed retaliation. A 2021 Cornell and NYU legal-clinic complaint reports that he was subsequently released on bond, while removal proceedings continued.
Status reviewed October 8, 2026: Subsequent release on bond documented in the July 2021 legal-clinic complaint. Exact release date and present immigration proceedings are not verified; no current custody is asserted.
Sources
- Cornell and NYU clinics: DHS civil-rights complaint, July 2021
- Ragbir amended complaint: Aburto Gutiérrez allegations, paragraphs 112 onward
- Contemporary report on detention and hearing
Biographical details and photo sources
Reported age: 35 in the December 11, 2017 report by Nina Shapiro of The Seattle Times, republished by The Daily World. This is a dated historical age, not a statement of current age.
Photo: Photo published by the Help the Gutierrez Family fundraiser organized by Madeline Moore in December 2017. Photo source and caption.
