The immigration attorney representing two of the witnesses in Houston’s fatal ICE shooting pleaded no contest to domestic violence battery during a sentencing hearing in Florida on Wednesday, according to court records.
Hugo Balderas-Ibarra, the attorney for Daniel Tirado Pantoja and Jose Trinidad Rojas, was charged with false imprisonment and domestic violence battery — a third-degree felony and first-degree misdemeanor — in Seminole County, Fla., court records show. Prosecutors agreed not to pursue the false imprisonment charge.
Balderas-Ibarra was sentenced to 12 months of supervised probation, an intervention program and 40 community work service hours, plus court costs, according to court records…