ICE agents under scrutiny after man's legs allegedly crushed in Vancouver arrest [View all]

Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting/NPR

Dec. 6, 2025 2:54 p.m. Updated: Dec. 6, 2025 4:33 p.m.


The Vancouver Police Department is investigating after a man appeared to have his legs run over by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement truck while being detained Thursday. In a press release Friday, police said they became aware of the incident through a cellphone video circulated by community members. The video appears to show the man being struck by an ICE agent’s vehicle while being arrested.

According to The Columbian, the man, named Jose Paniagua Calderón, was detained in front of a Mexican restaurant on East 4th Plain Boulevard. Videos on social media show him screaming in pain as a silver-colored SUV drives over his legs. Carmen Paniagua, who created a GoFundMe campaign for Jose Paniagua, wrote that he is her brother-in-law. She said ICE agents denied him medical care and forced him inside their vehicle.

“Since then, our family has been left without clear answers about his condition, location, or whether he received the medical care he desperately needs. We have been searching hospital to hospital and are now fighting to make sure he is safe and treated with dignity,” she said in a written statement.

OPB has reached out multiple times to Alethea Smock, the ICE director of communications whom Vancouver police referred media inquiries to. By Saturday morning, OPB had not received a response. According to KATU, Paniagua’s family said he’s being detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.

Read more: https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/06/vancouver-ice-alleged-crushing-legs/