After a video that shows federal agents that broke a car window to judge that an illegal immigrant became viral online, immigration control and customs (ICE) is dissipating rumors about the agent involved and the detainee.
The trial was held by officials from Boston Ice and Tok Place on New Bedford, Massachusetts, Monday.
The footage, that the detainee’s wife, tok from inside a car, shows two federal agents trying to talk to two people who have locked tremors in the vehicle, claiming that they are waiting for their lawyer. After it was not successful to try to access the vehicle, the agents use a large hammer to crush the window of the car in the rear seat.
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In all, the agents arrested one of the occupants of the cars, a 29-year-old Guatemalan man named Juan Francisco-Méndez.
According to the local departure of the new Light of Bedford, Francisco-Méndez’s lawyer, Ondine Gálvez, states that he has no criminal record in Massachusetts and seeks asylum status.
Francisco-Méndez’s wife, who is identified by the exit as “Marilú”, said the agents “took us violently” and “treated us very hard.”
An immigration and customs agent of the US Customs is shown. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
Since then, the video has gone viral and has caused significant controversy. Some people online have just affirmed that the agent who broke the window is a member of the extreme right militia called Lewis Arthur.
An ICE spokesman told Fox News Digital that Francisco-Méndez “refused to comply with the instructions of the officers and resisted the apprehension” and that the agent’s actions were in line with the training to apply the minimum amount of need for strength.
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“Competitive ice with the actions considered appropriate by the officers in the scene who are trained to use the minimum amount of strength to solve the situation in a way that guarantees the success of the operation and prioritizes the security of our officers.
The categorical representative denied that the agent involved in the sentence was Arthur, saying that he is a legitimate federal agent who works with ICE.
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The spokesman refused to publish the name of the officer publicly, but confirmed to Fox News Digital that “he is an agent of the federal law who has worked with ICE to help New England communities safe for years.”
“The officer registered a arrest in New Bedford, Massachusetts, is not the leader of the militia, Lewis Arthur,” said the spokesman, and added that “the rumors that circulate in the social networks that Ice Boston employed a leader of the Arizona militia to make arrests in New England in New England, but also are false Federals in Jeopardy. “
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“ICE vehemently denies the lies that are spreading on social networks, “said the spokesman, and said that “Our ice officers face a 300% increase in assaults while carrying out compliance operations. “
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Regarding the arrested migrant, ICE said that Francisco-Méndez is in the country illegally despite informing that he is a legal asylum seeker.
Francisco-Méndez has now served a memorandum to appear before an immigration judge of the Department of Justice.