MN - Alex Pretti dead after Minneapolis shooting involving immigration agents, US media report, January 24, 2026

[Charlot123]

Here are the photos of Liam Conejo Ramos - from school and now. The outer part of the eyebrows. Of course, it is hard to compare and changes in the look can be caused by many reasons, but he looks different. What is it?

 

[Summerliz03]

Here are the photos of Liam Conejo Ramos - from school and now. The outer part of the eyebrows. Of course, it is hard to compare and changes in the look can be caused by many reasons, but he looks different. What is it?

He looks like he lost a considerable amount of weight during detainment. We also know from the congressman who went and visited him that he was ill and unable to get medical care, so he may also be sick with a cold/virus. He looks very frail and sick to me in the new pictures and I hope he’s able to see a doctor soon.

 

[Hexe]

Here are the photos of Liam Conejo Ramos - from school and now. The outer part of the eyebrows. Of course, it is hard to compare and changes in the look can be caused by many reasons, but he looks different. What is it?

Kid looks like he lost a lot of weight.

 

[Inthedetails]

The five-year-old Columbia Heights boy and his father, who have been in an ICE detention facility in Texas, have landed in Minnesota, according to U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro from Texas....

The total number of children from Minnesota who have been detained by ICE in recent weeks is still unknown. Lawyers representing families say ICE’s practices of quickly moving detained children out of state makes it impossible to know who’s taken and to get them access to legal counsel.

https://www.mprnews.org/live-updates

 

[Inthedetails]

bbm, in the aftermath of the killings in Minneapolis:


A Canadian company said on Friday that it would no longer sell a warehouse in Virginia to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which had planned to use the site as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility....

Videos of federal immigration authorities fatally shooting Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota brought new scrutiny to the government’s operations after a year of enforcing anti-immigration policies.

In Oklahoma City, the mayor, David Holt, said in a statement last week that a planned warehouse sale to the Homeland Security Department had collapsed after the owner backed out of the sale....

In Social Circle, Ga., about 45 miles east of Atlanta, the city’s mayor, David Keener, released a joint statement with Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, that said the city did not support a proposed plan for ICE to open a facility there. ...

Canadian Company Cancels Sale of Virginia Warehouse to ICE

Jim Pattison Developments said the sale of an industrial building, which was planned to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility, would not go forward.

www.nytimes.com

Ashland Statement | Jim Pattison Developments

www.jpdevelopments.com

 

[Inthedetails]

bbm:

While there is broad support across the political spectrum for removing criminal aliens, the vast majority of individuals in the country without legal status have not committed serious crimes. To achieve a high level of deportations, Miller directed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to no longer focus on people with criminal convictions but to prioritize large numbers of arrests. That is why immigration officers, including Border Patrol agents, have been on the streets of Minneapolis, Los Angeles and other cities arresting people with no criminal background and engaging in what critics call racial profiling.

At the end of May 2025, The New York Times reported, “Stephen Miller, a senior White House official, told Fox News that the White House was looking for ICE to arrest 3,000 people a day, a major increase in enforcement.” ICE had averaged far fewer, or approximately 660 arrests daily....

After Border Patrol agents shot and killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Miller directed the DHS statement...“Miller ‘heard ‘gun’ and knew what the narrative would be: Pretti came to ‘massacre’ cops,’ a source briefed on the process of assembling the press statement said.”

Dispatching Tom Homan to Minneapolis to replace Greg Bovino as the face of the administration’s deportation program represents a tactical change, but attorneys and analysts say it does not alter the goal Miller established to deport one million immigrants a year. To accomplish that goal, the administration will need to continue arresting and deporting individuals with no criminal convictions and place them in a growing complex of detention facilities throughout the United States....

There is no evidence that Trump will fire Miller and change U.S. immigration policy.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2026/02/01/stephen-miller-not-kristi-noem-is-driving-us-immigration-policy/

 

[sds71]

"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."

Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. He is assigned to a special response team, which conducts high-risk operations like those of police SWAT units.

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

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.

www.propublica.org

https://twitter.com/x/status/2018071645538091083

 

[Yellowbelly]

"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."

Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. He is assigned to a special response team, which conducts high-risk operations like those of police SWAT units.

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

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.

www.propublica.org

https://twitter.com/x/status/2018071645538091083

And like in the Renee Good shooting, both are experienced agents, rather than recently recruited, barely trained neophytes.

 

[SouthAussie]

"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."

Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. He is assigned to a special response team, which conducts high-risk operations like those of police SWAT units.

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

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.

www.propublica.org

https://twitter.com/x/status/2018071645538091083

From your link ..

Ochoa, who goes by Jesse, graduated from the University of Texas-Pan American with a degree in criminal justice, according to his ex-wife, Angelica Ochoa.
A longtime resident of the Rio Grande Valley, Ochoa had for years dreamed of working for the Border Patrol and finally landed a job there, she said. By the time the couple split in 2021, he had become a gun enthusiast with about 25 rifles, pistols and shotguns, Angelica Ochoa said.

 

[Inthedetails]

And like in the Renee Good shooting, both are experienced agents, rather than recently recruited, barely trained neophytes.

Trained and experienced in controlling serious crime situations, but apparently not trained for working with residents who shout and whistle.

jmopinion

 

[LAborn]

DBM

 

[Inthedetails]

From your link ..

Ochoa, who goes by Jesse, graduated from the University of Texas-Pan American with a degree in criminal justice, according to his ex-wife, Angelica Ochoa.
A longtime resident of the Rio Grande Valley, Ochoa had for years dreamed of working for the Border Patrol and finally landed a job there, she said. By the time the couple split in 2021, he had become a gun enthusiast with about 25 rifles, pistols and shotguns, Angelica Ochoa said.

From same link, bbm

“Rather than move immediately to pepper spray, you can arrest the person.” It’s part of a pattern, he said, of federal officers jumping straight to use of force in situations that could have been de-escalated but instead create danger for both agents and their targets.

 

[Yellowbelly]

Trained and experienced in controlling serious crime situations, but apparently not trained for working with residents who shout and whistle.

jmopinion

This is a good point. Both are, no doubt, experienced in apprehending people illegally crossing the Mexico-USA border, but then CBP were sent to the frozen north for what is essentially a crowd control exercise, for which they have little or no training.

 

[Inthedetails]

This is a good point. Both are, no doubt, experienced in apprehending people illegally crossing the Mexico-USA border, but then CBP were sent to the frozen north for what is essentially a crowd control exercise, for which they have little or no training.

Exactly. They are treating protesters/observers as they would criminals they are trying to apprehend.


jmopinion

 

[Ruminations]

From your link ..

Ochoa, who goes by Jesse, graduated from the University of Texas-Pan American with a degree in criminal justice, according to his ex-wife, Angelica Ochoa.
A longtime resident of the Rio Grande Valley, Ochoa had for years dreamed of working for the Border Patrol and finally landed a job there, she said. By the time the couple split in 2021, he had become a gun enthusiast with about 25 rifles, pistols and shotguns, Angelica Ochoa said.

Maybe he was radicalized.

MOO

 

[zleuther]

"Years ago Robert F. Kennedy spoke of those in history who moved the world. Even as a young boy, you have moved the world... Don’t let anyone tell you this isn't your home. America became the most powerful, prosperous nation on earth because of immigrants, not in spite of them."

https://twitter.com/x/status/2017984200444412025

 

[Friday Fan]

Trained and experienced in controlling serious crime situations, but apparently not trained for working with residents who shout and whistle.

jmopinion

They also don't get too many "filming", "social justice", "protest", types like Pretti and the rest of Minneapolis in the RGV.

Most protests consists of truck caravans for candidates. I guess "blue collar" is the most accurate description.


People who interrupt their operations are usually criminals themselves.

 

[Charlot123]

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From your link ..

Ochoa, who goes by Jesse, graduated from the University of Texas-Pan American with a degree in criminal justice, according to his ex-wife, Angelica Ochoa.
A longtime resident of the Rio Grande Valley, Ochoa had for years dreamed of working for the Border Patrol and finally landed a job there, she said. By the time the couple split in 2021, he had become a gun enthusiast with about 25 rifles, pistols and shotguns, Angelica Ochoa said.

Which of the two is pepper-spray enthusiast?

I know they feel scared now.

I wonder if, as their names are known, they feel minimally ashamed?

They were following an immigrant from Equador with no criminal history in the US or back home.

Meaning, they profiled him…

Well, I read that Alex Pretti’s parents have hired a good lawyer. Good luck to them!

 

[Friday Fan]

"Years ago Robert F. Kennedy spoke of those in history who moved the world. Even as a young boy, you have moved the world... Don’t let anyone tell you this isn't your home. America became the most powerful, prosperous nation on earth because of immigrants, not in spite of them."

https://twitter.com/x/status/2017984200444412025

Proud of the work Congressman Castro did for Liam! He did a great job.

 

[Charlot123]

Trained and experienced in controlling serious crime situations, but apparently not trained for working with residents who shout and whistle.

jmopinion

Are they trained and experienced in controlling serious crime, though?

Look at the behavior of the agent who disarms Alex. He just walks across the street and then doesn’t even preserve the chain of custody, as we know. (Firearm not bagged.)

This they should have been trained to do?