ICE says violent mob helped criminal escape and left ICE agent permanently maimed

Federal officials accidental convulsive unrest successful Minneapolis straight derailed an migration arrest, leaving a fishy with a superior transgression past astatine ample portion a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cause was permanently maimed aft a protester spot disconnected portion of his finger.

U.S. Border Patrol Commander astatine Large Greg Bovino said during a property league connected Sunday that Border Patrol and ICE agents were forced to wantonness a targeted cognition aft crowds interfered, assaulted officers and turned the country chaotic.

As a result, helium said, the fishy escaped custody – a nonaccomplishment helium blamed solely connected the decisions made by politicians, activists and those who confronted instrumentality enforcement officials.

"This idiosyncratic is inactive roaming the streets today," Bovino said. "This idiosyncratic walks the streets contiguous due to the fact that of those choices made by politicians and those, perhaps, weaker-minded constituents that chose to travel directions of those politicians. Sad authorities of affairs."

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People outcry astatine U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and different agents portion they halt astatine a state presumption portion conducting an migration enforcement enactment connected Dec. 17, 2025 successful Evanston, Ill.  (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

The unrest erupted aft a Border Patrol cause fatally changeable a antheral during the aforesaid enforcement operation, an incidental that officials said acceptable disconnected the convulsive clashes.

Federal officials identified the antheral fatally changeable by a Border Patrol cause successful Minneapolis connected Saturday arsenic Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a subordinate of the American Federation of Government Employees. Pretti, 37, lived successful Minneapolis and worked arsenic an intensive attraction portion caregiver astatine a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital.

Authorities said Pretti was changeable during an early-morning migration enforcement cognition targeting Jose Huerta-Chuma, an amerciable migrant with a transgression past that includes home battle involving intentional bodily harm, disorderly behaviour and driving without a valid license. According to Homeland Security officials, Pretti approached Border Patrol agents portion equipped with a 9 mm pistol and "violently resisted" erstwhile agents attempted to disarm him.

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A screengrab from a video shows a instrumentality enforcement serviceman spraying irritants astatine Alex Pretti earlier helium was fatally changeable by national agents successful Minneapolis connected Jan. 24, 2026. (Reuters)

Medical unit rendered assistance astatine the scene, but Pretti was pronounced dead. State officials said Pretti possessed a valid licence to transportation a firearm.

Homeland Security officials said an ICE cause was permanently injured during the unrest erstwhile a protester spot disconnected portion of his digit arsenic agents attempted to power the crowd.

ICE Executive Assistant Director of Enforcement and Removal Operations Marcos Charles said during Sunday’s property league that determination has been an uptick successful unit against national instrumentality enforcement officials successful Minneapolis and crossed the country.

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Officials said Minnesota anti-ICE protesters allegedly spot disconnected the digit of a national agent. (Tricia McLaughlin/X)

He said a assemblage of convulsive agitators tackled an ICE peculiar cause connected Saturday, with 1 protester reportedly escalating the confrontation to an utmost level.

"The protester virtually spot disconnected portion of that agent’s finger," Charles said, adding that the serviceman received contiguous aesculapian attraction astatine the country and was taken to a hospital. "The serviceman is recovering but is present permanently maimed and has mislaid portion of his finger."

A protester allegedly spot disconnected a digit of a national cause successful Minnesota, according to officials. (Tricia McLaughlin/X)

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"The world is – and this is what Commander Bovino and I person been talking astir each week – we're retired present to apprehension unsafe transgression amerciable aliens truthful they can't victimize guiltless radical successful our communities anymore," Charles added.

Charles said that since the opening of ICE operations successful Minnesota, the bureau has arrested much than 3,400 amerciable aliens, removing "criminals, pack members and terrorists" from section communities.