The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
The records viewed by ProPublica list Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, as the shooters during the deadly encounter last weekend that left Pretti dead and ignited massive protests and calls for criminal investigations.
Both men were assigned to Operation Metro Surge, an immigration enforcement dragnet launched in December that sent scores of armed and masked agents across the city.
CBP, which employs both men, has so far refused to release their names and has disclosed few other facts about the deadly incident, which came days after a different immigration agent shot and killed another Minneapolis protester, a 37-year-old mother of three named Renee Good.
Pretti’s killing, and the subsequent secrecy surrounding the agents involved, comes as the country confronts the consequences of President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown. The sweeps in cities across the country have been marked by scenes of violence, against immigrants and U.S. citizens, by agents allowed to hide their identities with masks — an almost unheard of practice in law enforcement. As a result, the public has been kept from one of the chief ways it has to hold officers involved in such altercations accountable: their identity... (our emphasis)
Ten shots fired into Alec Pretti. That they're Hispanic Americans is especially disgusting and disheartening. But thankfully now that the cowardly murderers are known, indict. Don't flinch. Don't delay. Indict. And don't forget Renee Good's killer, too.
The biggest release of Epstein documents to date came six weeks after the Justice Department had blown through a deadline signed into law by Trump himself, which ordered that all material be shared with the public. The release on Friday marks the administration’s latest attempt to draw a line under the scandal that has dogged the president’s second term.
At Friday’s briefing, Blanche confirmed that the DoJ has about 6m documents in total, but will withhold almost half to protect the victims and avoid disseminating child pornography.
But the White House’s chaotic handling of the files and the scale of redactions in the latest tranche of documents has again only fuelled allegations of a brazen cover-up surrounding the network of powerful men in Epstein’s orbit, including Trump.
With each new release of lurid revelations, it remains striking that the paedophile financier united the elite worlds of politics, media, entertainment and even royalty, regardless of their political ideology, partisanship or public rhetoric.
Trump is named more than 3,000 times in the latest cache of material. One document in particular highlights why the White House’s inept handling of the material has only fed the conspiracy theories that surround the president’s relationship with the notorious sex offender.
The document, which includes a list of graphic but uncorroborated accusations made against Trump by several women and compiled by the Justice Department, was published and then deleted from the archive on Friday. It reappeared hours later, having already been spread online. [snip]
Despite multiple reports that the DoJ and FBI have spent months combing the documents for mentions of Trump, Blanche said the DoJ had not sought to shield the president. “We comply with the act, and there is no ‘protect President Trump’. We didn’t protect or not protect anybody,” he said.
Critics said the pattern of redactions suggests an ongoing cover-up. FBI reports mapping out Epstein’s network of associates, employees and girlfriends were widely blacked out...
According to an analysis by the NYT, convicted sexual abuser Malignant Fascist's name appears in more than 5,300 of the recently-released Epstein documents. (More discussion here.) It stands to reason that the millions of documents the DOJ continues to cover up must be absolutely peppered with damning references to the MF. As we keep saying, we believe the truth will come out, but it might depend on a patriotic whistleblower or an eventual change in administration. We don't have any control over the former, but we certainly do over the latter.
Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents initially claimed Alberto Castañeda Mondragón had tried to flee while handcuffed and “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall,” according to court documents filed by a lawyer seeking his release.
But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old’s brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.
“It was laughable, if there was something to laugh about,” said one of the nurses, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss patient care. “There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.”The explanation from ICE is an example of recent run-ins between immigration officers and health care workers that have contributed to mounting friction at Minneapolis hospitals. Workers at the Hennepin County facility say ICE officers have restrained patients in defiance of hospital rules and stayed at their sides for days. The agents have also lingered around the campus and pressed people for proof of citizenship. [snip]
The AP interviewed a doctor and five nurses who work at HCMC, who spoke on condition of anonymity to talk about Castañeda Mondragón’s case and conditions inside the hospital. The AP also consulted with an outside physician who affirmed his injuries were inconsistent with an accidental fall or running into a wall.
ICE’s account of how he was hurt evolved during the time that federal officers were at his bedside. At least one ICE officer told caregivers that Castañeda Mondragón “got his (expletive) rocked” after his Jan. 8 arrest near a St. Paul shopping center, the court filings and a hospital staff member said. His arrest happened a day after the first of two fatal shootings in Minneapolis by immigration officers.
The situation reached a head when ICE insisted on using handcuffs to shackle his ankles to the bed, prompting a heated encounter with hospital staff, according to the court records and the hospital employees familiar with the incident... (our emphasis)
There's more outrageous behavior and lies at the link. Suffice it to say, more indictments are in order for these sadistic, fascist goons. Let's get their names.
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