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At least six people have died during the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement operations in the United States, the latest of which was a 37-year-old man killed in a shooting by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. minneapolis.
Federal authorities immediately described Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen, as an armed agitator who posed a threat to immigration officials. But video shows Preti holding only her phone in both hands when a masked Border Patrol agent opened fire on Jan. 24.
government. Tim Waltz Condemned federal officials’ comments about Pretty as “despicable.”
Preeti is a nurse in minnesota. In video of the shooting, an officer appears to pull a gun from Pretty’s waist and walk away. Just then, the first gunshot was fired, followed by several more. Preity was lying on the ground when she was killed.
This is his second death in Minneapolis in January. one Immigration and Customs Enforcement Police shot and killed a woman who blocked the street with her vehicle and slowly drove away.
Last September, Immigration and Customs Enforcement shot and killed one person outside Chicago. Two people were hit and killed by a vehicle while fleeing immigration authorities. Last July, a California farmworker broke his neck after falling from a greenhouse during an ICE raid.
No officers have been charged.
Driver shot and killed behind SUV steering wheel
On January 7, American citizen Renee Good was shot multiple times by ICE officers in Minneapolis. Video shows her spinning the wheels of her Honda Pilot away from officers Jonathan Ross when he fired. Trump administration officials have repeatedly defended Ross, claiming his life was in danger.
“I’m not mad at you,” Goode, 37, said before Rose fired.
Goode’s death caused an uproar in Minnesota. The U.S. Department of Justice said it would not share information about the shooting with state authorities.
State and local officials subsequently filed lawsuits in an attempt to block the immigration sweeps involving thousands of federal officers. Whistling protesters followed police, who responded with tear gas and other chemical irritants.
Cook, from Mexico, shot to death during traffic stop
On September 12, ICE agents shot and killed Silverio Villegas González during a traffic stop in suburban Chicago. Relatives said the 38-year-old chef from Mexico dropped off a child at day care that morning.
At the time, the Department of Homeland Security said agents were searching for a man who had entered the country illegally and had a history of reckless driving. They claim Villegas-Gonzalez evaded arrest and dragged an officer with his vehicle.
DHS said the officer feared for his life when he fired his weapon and was taken to the hospital with “serious injuries.” However, local police video shows the agent walking around and dismissing his injuries as “no big deal.”
The Department of Homeland Security said the death remains under investigation.
Farm worker falls from greenhouse roof during ICE raid
Authorities rounded up dozens of farmworkers at Glass House Farm in Southern California on July 10 after Jaime Alanis fell from a greenhouse roof and broke his neck. The 57-year-old laborer from Mexico died in hospital two days later.
Relatives said Alanis worked for ten years at the farm, a licensed marijuana grower in Camarillo about an hour east of Los Angeles that also produced tomatoes and cucumbers. They said he sent his earnings to his wife and daughter in Mexico.
During the raid, Alanis called his family to say he was hiding. Officials said he fell about 30 feet (9 meters) from the greenhouse roof.
The Department of Homeland Security said Alanis was never detained and was not pursued by immigration authorities.
Man hit on California highway after fleeing police pursuit
On August 14, a man fled immigration officials outside a Home Depot store in Southern California and was struck and killed by an SUV while trying to cross a highway.
Police in Monrovia, northeast of Los Angeles, said ICE agents were conducting an enforcement operation when the man fled onto Interstate 210. He was crossing the eastbound lane of the highway when an SUV hit him and he died in hospital.
The National Day Labor Organizing Network identified the man as Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, 52, of Guatemala.
The Department of Homeland Security said Montoya Valdez was not being pursued by immigration authorities while campaigning.
Honduran gardener killed on Virginia interstate
On October 23, Josué Castro Rivera was struck and killed by a pickup truck as he tried to flee authorities during a traffic jam on a highway in Norfolk, Virginia.
Castro Rivera, 24, of Honduras, was on his way to gardening with three passengers when ICE officers pulled over the vehicle, according to Castro Rivera’s brother, Henry Castro.
State and federal authorities said Castro Rivera fled on foot and was hit by a pickup truck on Interstate 264.
The Department of Homeland Security said Castro Rivera’s vehicle was stopped as part of a “targeted, intelligence-based” operation and Castro Rivera “resisted vigorously and fled.”
Castro Rivera devoted himself to sending money to his family in Honduras, his brother said.
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Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia. Associated Press writers Ed White in Detroit; Sophia Tareen in Chicago; and Michael Biesecker in Washington contributed.