FBI Agent's Sworn Testimony Contradicts Claims ICE's Jonathan Ross Made Under Oath

"In testimony last month in federal court in Minnesota, FBI special agent Bernardo Medellin appeared to directly contradict a claim that ICE agent Jonathan Ross made under oath about whether a man they were trying to detain had asked to speak to his attorney. Medellin's testimony, which details federal training for interactions with drivers, also calls into question whether Ross followed his training during the interaction that led to the shooting and killing Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother, last week. Ross has been identified by multiple media outlets as the shooter; while the Trump administration has declined to confirm those reports, details about the shooter shared by Vice President JD Vance match details of Ross's biography."

"As WIRED previously reported, in December Ross testified that last June he led a team seeking to apprehend a man named Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala, who had an administrative warrant out for being in the US without authorization. According to his testimony, after following Muñoz-Guatemala in an unmarked car, Ross-who was wearing ranger green and grey and had his badge on his belt-approached the man and asked him to roll down his window and open his door. He then broke the rear driver side window with a special tool and reached into the vehicle. Muñoz-Guatemala accelerated, eventually shaking Ross, who'd fired his Taser at him with the vehicle in motion. Ross testified that he needed 33 stitches due to his injuries; Muñoz-Guatemala was later convicted of assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon."

"At trial, prosecutors sought to establish that Muñoz-Guatemala understood that Ross was a federal law enforcement officer during their initial interaction. Ross testified that he repeatedly told Muñoz-Guatemala that he was law enforcement in both English and Spanish, and that he had "no concerns" Muñoz-Guatemala didn't speak English because he replied to Ross in English."

FBI special agent Bernardo Medellin testified in federal court in Minnesota in a way that appears to contradict ICE agent Jonathan Ross's sworn claim about whether a detainee asked to speak with an attorney. Medellin described federal training for interactions with drivers and raised questions about whether Ross adhered to that training during the encounter that resulted in the shooting and death of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. Multiple media outlets have identified Ross as the shooter, and Vice President JD Vance shared biographical details that match Ross; the Trump administration has not confirmed those reports. Ross previously testified about a June apprehension of Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala, describing a pursuit in an unmarked car, breaking a rear driver side window, reaching into the vehicle, firing a Taser as the vehicle moved, and sustaining injuries that required 33 stitches; Muñoz-Guatemala was later convicted of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. Prosecutors sought to establish at trial that Muñoz-Guatemala understood Ross was law enforcement, and Ross said he repeatedly identified himself in English and Spanish.

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