Froid mechanic Roberto Orozco-Ramirez walks free after more than 100 days in jail on immigration charges
Roberto Orozco-Ramirez Jr. and his father, facing camera, embrace outside the Cascade County Detention Center in Great Falls after Roberto Orozco-Ramirez Sr. was released on May 14, 2026. (Lauren Miller/Montana Free Press/CatchLight Local/Report for America)
GREAT FALLS – A federal judge in Great Falls ruled to release Froid diesel mechanic Roberto Orozco-Ramirez from jail on Wednesday evening, siding with his lawyers on their argument that his continued detention was unlawful. On Thursday around 10:50 a.m., after more than 100 days behind bars, Orozco-Ramirez walked out of the Cascade County Detention Center and embraced his oldest son.
Both wiped tears from their eyes and got in the car to return to Froid, where dozens of people planned to celebrate his return.
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