No indictment in Texas federal immigration agent shooting case
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A Cameron County grand jury declined to indict a Homeland Security Investigations agent in the March 2025 fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez during a traffic encounter in South Padre Island, Texas. DHS says Martinez intentionally ran over an agent, prompting defensive gunfire, but a key witness, passenger Joshua Orta, disputed the account in a draft affidavit and died in a car crash last weekend. The shooting would be the earliest of at least six deadly shootings by federal officers since a nationwide immigration crackdown began.
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- Grand jury rejects indictment over federal officer’s shooting of US citizen The Guardian
- Texas grand jury rejects indictments in fatal shooting of US citizen by federal immigration agent CNN
- Close friend of U.S. citizen killed by ICE agent in Texas disputed official account of shooting CBS News
- Key Witness Who Disputed ICE Account of Fatal Texas Shooting Dies in Car Accident The New York Times
- Texas grand jury won’t indict in 2025 fatal shooting of U.S. citizen by ICE agent The Texas Tribune
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