Migrant arrested 13 times in Chicago is ‘eligible’ for deportation after pleading guilty to robbery attempt, judge warns

CHICAGO — Santiago Josue Baragas Rodriguez, a Venezuelan migrant arrested 13 times in a year, received the old “good news, bad news” treatment at the 26th and California courthouse on Thursday.

The good news? A judge gave him probation for trying to rob a woman in Streeterville in November. The bad news (for him): Since he pleaded guilty, he’s now eligible for deportation.

We introduced you to Baragas Rodriguez in November after a 43-year-old woman intervened upon seeing him use a rock to try to break the lock off her electric bike in the 400 block of North City Front Place…

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