Overview

• Jimmy Friesenhahn, a 44-year-old Marine combat veteran, remains in critical condition after six surgeries and faces a worsening prognosis.
• Wilmer Vladmir Ortega Ruiz was arrested on May 4 and charged with aggravated assault, held on a $200,000 bond under an ICE detainer.
• Court records show Ortega Ruiz was arrested four times since October 2020 on DWI and related charges but bonded out each time and failed to appear.
• Victim’s family and local figures accuse District Attorney Joe Gonzales’s office of downgrading charges and repeatedly releasing the repeat offender.
• Friesenhahn’s relatives have launched a GoFundMe campaign to cover his mounting medical and rehabilitation expenses.