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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2017 Man detained by ICE after speaking with news reporters Associated Press Cannon Beach Fire & Rescue A vessel washed ashore between Arcadia Beach and Hug Point Saturday morning. Oregon State Parks and the Coast Guard are currently inspecting the condition. Capsized boat washes ashore Salvage crew to remove vessel By BRENNA VISSER The Daily Astorian A capsized boat washed ashore Saturday morning about 8:30 a.m. between Arcadia Beach and Hug Point. Cannon Beach Fire Chief Matt Benedict said the Coast Guard arrived and insured there were no people in need of help. Not many details are known yet about the vessel, but offi- cials from Oregon State Parks and the Coast Guard are evalu- ating its condition and inspect- ing it for any leaking fluids or safety hazards, Benedict said. Benedict said the vessel looks like it has been in the water for quite a while, and it appears there is Japanese letter- ing on the hull. “There’s lots of vegetation on the side. It appears it’s been floating upside down for a long time,” Benedict said. “If peo- ple go down and look, just be careful.” Benedict said he was not aware of health hazards, and that Oregon State Parks is working with a salvaging com- pany to remove the vessel from the beach. Coast Guard medevacs crew member 200 miles offshore The Daily Astorian A Coast Guard air crew medevaced a 50-year-old man from a bulk carrier 200 miles offshore Friday. The captain of the Cypri- ot-flagged bulk carrier Atlas contacted watchstanders at the 13th District Command Cen- ter in Seattle reporting a crew- man was exhibiting symp- toms of either a heart attack or a stroke. At the time of the request, the ship was more than 300 miles offshore and en route to Seattle. The duty Coast Guard flight surgeon at Sector Columbia River in Warrenton was briefed, concurred with the need for a medevac and requested the patient be placed on oxygen until the flight crew could arrive. An MH-60 Jayhawk heli- copter crew from Air Station Astoria flew 200 miles out- side the Columbia River’s entrance, hoisted the crew- man and transported him to the Astoria Regional Airport, where he was transferred to Life Flight Network and flown to Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. Coast Guard An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from the Coast Guard’s Air Station Astoria medevaced the crewman of a cargo vessel from 200 miles offshore before transfering him to Life Flight Network. SEATTLE — A Mexican man who spoke with report- ers about his longtime girl- friend’s immigration arrest has now been detained him- self, and he says agents told him it’s because he was in the newspaper. Baltazar “Rosas” Aburto Gutierrez spoke with the Chi- nook Observer as well as The Seattle Times after U.S. Immi- gration and Customs Enforce- ment detained his girlfriend in June. He was identified by only his nickname in the Observer, and not by name in the Times. Aburto Gutierrez, 35, told the Times in a phone inter- view from the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma that he was arrested last Mon- day morning in Ocean Shores, where he lives and works as a clamdigger. He said an agent told him: “My supervisor asked me to come find you because of what appeared in the newspaper.” ICE spokeswoman Lori Haley told the Times that the agency doesn’t retaliate as a rule. But when pressed about Aburto Gutierrez’s case, she declined to comment, the Times reported. “ICE conducts targeted immigration enforcement in compliance with federal law and agency policy, and at times, exercises prosecutorial discretion when the circum- stances of a particular case have extenuating factors like the care of minor children or an alien’s medical condition,” the agency said in a statement sent by Haley. “This does not mean an alien is exempt from future immigration enforcement,” it added. Aburto Gutierrez has lived in the U.S. for 18 years and has children with his girl- friend, Gladys Diaz. Diaz was arrested when she took their children to meet with some- one who answered an ad she placed to sell a homemade piñata; it turned out to be a sting. Before the agents took her away, Aburto Guttierez said, they walked her home so she could drop off her children with him. Since he was also in the country illegally, he recalled, he asked: “Why you don’t take us all?” She has since been deported and now lives near Puerto Vallarta with their children. The family’s story was featured by the newspapers as examples of the effect of ramped-up deportation efforts under President Donald Trump, which include remov- ing longtime residents with no apparent criminal records. The Observer piece ran in August, the Times piece in early November. Northwest Immigrant Rights Project legal director Matt Adams said Aburto Guti- errez might have grounds to explore whether ICE violated his free speech rights. “It certainly is troubling,” Adams said. Aburto Gutierrez said he cannot afford a lawyer or the $25,000 bond needed to be released from the detention center. He said he has not yet been given a court date. WANTED Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber Northwest Hardwoods • Longview, WA Contact: John Anderson • 360-269-2500 P LEASE J OIN U S ! 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