San Joaquin County Sheriff Patrick Withrow is firing back against a U.S. Department of Homeland Security allegation that California’s “sanctuary politicians” released an inmate who later was charged in the killing of two women and a baby in Modesto.
Withrow said Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not issue a specific hold on the man, but rather a formal request to be notified when Joaquin Escoto Vazquez was released.
But it didn’t matter anyway, the sheriff said, because Vazquez — who had been booked on DUI charges in June 2025 — had already been let go hours before ICE filed its request…