Mexican raped in Montana jail getting $125,000 settlement
BUTTE — A southwestern Montana county government has agreed to pay $125,000 to a Mexican man who sued after he claimed he was raped in the Jefferson County jail in Boulder.
Jefferson County officials and Audemio Orozco-Ramirez have agreed to drop a federal lawsuit.
According to court documents, Orozco-Ramirez, was being held on civil immigration charges in October 2013 when he said he was raped in his jail cell. He spoke little English and could not report the incident for two days until he was transferred to an Idaho facility where a booking officer spoke Spanish.
The Associated Press typically does not name rape victims, but Orozco-Ramirez has talked publicly about his case.
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