"Newly released records show a US citizen was shot and killed in Texas by a federal immigration agent last year during a late-night traffic encounter that was not publicly disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security. The death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, would mark the earliest of at least six deadly shootings by federal officers since the start of a nationwide immigration crackdown in Donald Trump's second term."
"On Friday, DHS said the shooting on South Padre Island last March occurred after the driver intentionally struck an agent. The shooting involved a Homeland Security Investigations team that was conducting an immigration enforcement operation in conjunction with local police, according to documents obtained by American Oversight, a non-profit watchdog group based in Washington. The records are part of a tranche of heavily redacted internal documents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that the non-profit obtained as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit."
Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, was shot and killed on South Padre Island, Texas, during a late-night traffic encounter in March 2025 involving a Homeland Security Investigations team. DHS said the shooting occurred after the driver intentionally struck an agent and that another agent fired defensive shots to protect himself, fellow agents, and the public. The incident was not publicly disclosed by DHS or identified as involving HSI for 11 months. The records about the operation are heavily redacted internal ICE documents obtained by a watchdog group through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. Martinez had been visiting the beach days after his 23rd birthday.
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