{"id":13036,"date":"2026-02-22T09:36:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13036"},"modified":"2026-02-22T09:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T09:36:56","slug":"dhs-agent-killed-us-citizen-in-march-last-year-records-reveal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=13036","title":{"rendered":"DHS agent killed US citizen in March last year, records reveal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Texas shooting appears to be the first known instance of a US citizen being killed during Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><button class=\"article-listen-container\" aria-labelledby=\"listen-text listen-duration\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-listen-container__text\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-text\">Listen to this article<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"article-listen-container__duration\">4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><button tabindex=\"0\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><svg class=\"icon icon--info icon--main-grey-dark icon--16 listen-to-article-tooltip__icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><title>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 22 Feb 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">22 Feb 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A federal immigration agent shot dead a citizen of the United States in March 2025, months before the Trump administration began its \u2060deportation surge in Minnesota that led to the shooting deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.<\/p>\n<p>According to records released this week, Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, was killed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents, lawyers for his \u2060family said in a statement.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>A DHS agent fired multiple rounds at Martinez, who allegedly hit another DHS agent with his car as the agents assisted local police in South Padre Island, Texas, with traffic control following an accident on March 15, 2025, according to the records obtained by American Oversight, a nonprofit watchdog group.<\/p>\n<p>The records are part of a tranche of heavily redacted internal documents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that the nonprofit obtained as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The agents were conducting immigration enforcement, records show.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez, who worked at an Amazon warehouse, had never had any prior run-ins with law enforcement, his mother, Rachel Reyes, said. \u201cHe was a typical young guy,\u201d she told The Associated Press news agency. \u201cAnd he wasn\u2019t a violent person at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martinez, who was identified as a US citizen in the redacted records, was \u2060taken to hospital in nearby Brownsville, Texas, where he was later pronounced dead. The agent who was hit by a car went to the hospital for \u2060a knee injury and was later released, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese records \u2060paint a deeply troubling picture of the violent methods used by ICE,\u201d Chioma Chukwu, the executive director of American Oversight, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn just the first months of this administration, ICE\u2019s own data shows a dramatic spike of nearly 400 per cent in use-of-force incidents \u2013 with people hospitalised, bystanders swept up \u200cin operations, and even the death of a US citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A DHS spokesperson said in a statement that Martinez \u201cintentionally ran over\u201d an agent with DHS\u2019s Homeland Security Investigations, and another agent \u201cfired defensive shots\u201d. The nearly year-old incident is under \u200cinvestigation \u200cby the Texas Department of Public Safety\u2019s Ranger Division, a DHS spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"call-for-investigation\">Call for investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Martinez\u2019s \u200cshooting appears to be the first known instance of a US citizen being killed during US President Donald Trump\u2019s anti-immigration crackdown. Federal agents in the operation shot at least five people in January alone, including Pretti and Nicole Good in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez was trying to comply with instructions from local law enforcement when he was shot, Charles Stam and Alex Stamm, lawyers for his family, said in a statement. They called for a \u201cfull and fair investigation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRuben\u2019s family has been pursuing transparency and accountability for nearly a year now and will continue to \u2060do so for as long as it takes,\u201d the lawyers said.<\/p>\n<p>The mounting death \u2060toll has increased scrutiny of Trump\u2019s anti-immigration crackdown, driving a backlash among lawmakers and the public. The Trump administration is dramatically ramping up immigration enforcement, with $170bn budgeted for immigration agencies through September 2029, a historic sum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas shooting appears to be the first known instance of a US citizen being killed during Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown. 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