Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
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Source: ProPublica
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.
Read more: https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-garcia
I inadvertently listed "The Guardian" as the source for this reporting when it should have been ProPublica.
UpInArms
(54,384 posts)What self loathing pieces of shit Hispanic surnames and they are destroying everything good
...like Stephen Miller. Self-hatred and denial are a lethal combination.
popsdenver
(1,845 posts)just a couple of SELF LOATHING sadistic, psychopath Mexicans..........
For the life of me, I cannot even begin to understand how ANY FUCKING MINORITY, can vote for Republicans or go along with a single thing they represent.....
Mexicans, Blacks, foreigners, gays, etc etc etc.....
LtTx
(57 posts)Mexicans are citizens of Mexico.
Lonestarblue
(13,328 posts)Moostache
(11,093 posts)It is abhorrent that these policies from ICE and CBP and the entire Trump regime find so many supporters in these United States, but the placing of trigger-happy cowards in paramilitary garb and with a clear deficit in training and procedural or situational awareness is a criminal act unto itself.
The shooters both deserve murder charges for the 10 shots fired into a non-threatening target, but their commanders also need to be brought up on charges and that goes all the way up to the top. Noem, Miller, the little Nazi in he coat and the big Nazi with the hand deformations. They also should immediately be suspended pending trial and afterward should NEVER again be allowed to carry a weapon with state sanction for any role as long as they live (after they do their time).
Self-loathing people are always useful tools to the proponents of hateful ideologies. It is an easy button to push to make them more vicious than others to prove how they fit in despite outward appearances.
Jilly_in_VA
(14,036 posts)It's more than 100 miles from any border so they shouldn't be there. And for Latinos to be in CBP? SHAME!
popsdenver
(1,845 posts)Trump and Republicans are using the Border Patrol as the Republican's Private Militia Gestapo Storm Troopers.
Who knows what this group was up to down on the border of Mexico all these years prior to this........Much of the Territory covered,......hundreds and hundreds of miles of desolate areas, there actions being out of sight of any civilians.....
shame on them. No wonder they go masked.
HappyLarge
(83 posts)And very few places are more than 100 miles from an airport that has at least 1 international flight coming and going.
Be Leave On
(411 posts)electric_blue68
(26,360 posts)Hmmm, off hand some major cities missing in more central USA are:
Dallas, Ft Worth, Kansas City, Nashville, Denver, Atlanta, Richmond, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Albuquerque.
Apologies, if I missed yours!
LNM
(1,241 posts)electric_blue68
(26,360 posts)that I could remember.
Chasstev365
(7,358 posts)I hope the $50,000 bonus that you'll never see was worth it.
caraher
(6,356 posts)Ex-wife said he turned into a gun fanatic. No bonus for him - he was in Border Patrol before last year
chicoescuela
(2,786 posts)Probably not but pretty despicable.
PatSeg
(52,513 posts)Perhaps better to be the hunter than the hunted.
The administration does not care about immigration status, they want to terrorize Americans. Most of those detained are often documented or American citizens.
chicoescuela
(2,786 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,299 posts)Shame on them, forever. I hope the state can imprison them at some point. Or better yet, hey Kristi, here's a couple of brown people you can send away to a foreign gulag.
There is your criminal element doing their job just like MS-13.
BTW, I am brown and slightly less proud.
SusieCreamcheese
(33 posts)The Customs and Border Patrol is authorized to operate at the US/Mexico and US/Canada borders, at airports, and within 100 miles of a border or coastline. Minneapolis is outside their jurisdiction. So, isn't their very presence there illegal? Watch this video of Jesse Welles, 4x Grammy nominee singing "Join Ice" which highlights the warped mentality of those who join the ranks of Trump's goons.
erronis
(23,043 posts)twodogsbarking
(17,872 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,483 posts)who are in ICE?
Another question. Why does this post say its source is the Guardian, but has a different link?
Wiz Imp
(9,246 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(27,420 posts)

blue_jay
(205 posts)this name and Allentown shootings. . Can you clarify your reply? Seems like a slew of misinfo online about this and I didn't follow this case. Was it ever resolved? Couldn't find a good source. Thanks.
Hassin Bin Sober
(27,420 posts)
when they started circulating pictures of a different Mauricio Garcia, who looked more Mexican and, therefore, could not be a Nazi - he had to be a left wing/immigrant in their eyes.
The Mauricio Garcia they picked off the internet was part of the low rider community so he had the look they were looking for.
Poor (alive) Mauricio Garcia is mining his own business when the usual suspects plucked him from obscurity. He and his family, including his mother, start getting phone calls from around the country.
Right wing douche bags like Tim Pool and Steven Crowder have already settled.
Heres an interview with the attorney, Mark Bankston, who is handling the defamation cases. Bankston, who successfully sued Alex Jones a $Billion dollars, is a hero of mine.
The first 3 1/2 minutes explains the case as well as another defamation cases against Musk.
erronis
(23,043 posts)70sEraVet
(5,339 posts)Noem, Patel and Gabbard aren't worth a plug ruble.
choie
(6,790 posts)but it's been published by Pro Publica, which is one of the most if not the most reliable and credible source there is.
LeftInTX
(34,029 posts)It's a huge industry. Without BP no one would be working.
One of the guy's face was caught on video. He looked Latino.
JoseBalow
(9,260 posts)question everything
(51,826 posts)riversedge
(79,983 posts)bullets the agents shot into Pretti. Nothing.
irisblue
(37,033 posts)As a joint operation.
Miguelito Loveless
(5,518 posts)Minnesota State Police are cooperating with ICE.
FakeNoose
(40,637 posts)I don't know, but I'd like to see some proof before we go off on a tangent.
Let's make sure we have the facts straight, ok?
Dave Bowman
(6,895 posts)For people asking what would Jesus do, here's your answer. But seriously, why are Hispanic folks working for the Nazis?
Wiz Imp
(9,246 posts)SunSeeker
(57,858 posts)It was portrayed well in the movie "Harriet," about Harriet Tubman and the underground railroad. Here's a scene showing the slave catcher: https://youtube.com/shorts/d_lXBs4_r98
hamsterjill
(17,167 posts)I see it every day in Texas. Hispanics who are pissed about immigrants. They are just as brainwashed as others. They have been led to believe that the immigrants are what is making their sorry, stupid lives as miserable as they are.
Dave Bowman
(6,895 posts)AdamGG
(1,869 posts)for murder.
NBachers
(19,270 posts)So now its been established that Renee was a protester?
Thats funny, I thought she was just trying to drive home after dropping her kid off.
They never fucking stop lying, do they?
raccoon
(32,272 posts)Response to erronis (Original post)
paleotn This message was self-deleted by its author.
orangecrush
(29,246 posts)What were they thinking?
tulipsandroses
(8,184 posts)they do not have the protection that they thought they would.
orangecrush
(29,246 posts)Will get the hint.
mysteryowl
(8,633 posts)Jesus Ochoa - was a gun enthusiast. They wrote he had 25 guns.
erronis
(23,043 posts)Blue Full Moon
(3,273 posts)What are the drug cartel gang members that tRump paid to come to the USA doing?
erronis
(23,043 posts)A total perversion.
AverageOldGuy
(3,527 posts)-- cell phone numbers?
-- home addresses?
-- email addresses?
-- vehicle license numbers?
mike_c
(36,941 posts)Amaryllis
(11,091 posts)moonshinegnomie
(3,925 posts)DBoon
(24,818 posts)How many people trying to cross the border have been murdered by these two with no consequence?
relayerbob
(7,394 posts)Awfully convenient to have two people with Hispanic names. Yes, it's certainly possible they are the actual perps, but it's also certainly possible they aren't. I trust NOTHING that comes out of this administration. Trump, et al, can gain mileage with their remaining supporters if they can show that the "bad guys" are brown. Not trying to be a conspiracist here, just sayin'.
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First
Various DU Posts
We demand that the DOJ release the name of the murderers !
(Names are determined through body cam info released to Congress)
Now
Who believes anything this administration says ? They probably just picked a couple random Hispanic agents to blame!
edit to remove quote marks
RussBLib
(10,458 posts)with Hispanics who are happy to beat up (and disappear) other Hispanics trying to get into the US. I rather despise ladder-pullers.
LeftInTX
(34,029 posts)These border towns have economies that depend on Border Patrol, Customs and ICE. The whole works. If they didn't have those jobs, much of the population would move away. Border patrol is literally an industry.
Look at Uvalde!!
Do you know how many Latino BP agents have engaged in brutality? You should have seen Uvalde's PD FB, All the cops did was mock Latino immigrants. Almost all of the cops were Latino.
Betty Boom
(409 posts)Im sure their immigrant ancestors are appalled. And if theyre not, they should be.
