"Minnesota and federal authorities are investigating the alleged beating of a Mexican citizen by immigration officers last month, seeking to identify what caused the eight skull fractures that landed the man in the intensive care unit of a Minneapolis hospital. Investigators from the St Paul police department and FBI last week canvassed the shopping center parking lot where Alberto Castaneda Mondragon says Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents wrested him from a vehicle,"
"threw him to the ground and repeatedly struck him in the head with a steel baton. ICE has blamed Castaneda Mondragon for his own injuries, saying he attempted to flee while handcuffed and fell and hit his head against a concrete wall. But hospital staff who treated the man told the Associated Press such a fall could not plausibly account for the man's brain hemorrhaging and fragmented memory."
"A CT scan showed fractures to the front, back and both sides of his skull injuries a doctor told the AP were inconsistent with a fall. Earlier this month, the AP published an interview with Castaneda Mondragon in which he said the arresting officers had been racist and started beating me right away when they arrested me. His lawyers have contended ICE racially profiled him."
Minnesota and federal investigators are examining the circumstances of an early January arrest that left Alberto Castaneda Mondragon with eight skull fractures and in intensive care. Investigators canvassed the shopping center parking lot and sought surveillance footage from businesses; some cameras either did not capture the incident or had overwritten footage. Castaneda Mondragon alleges ICE agents wrested him from a vehicle, threw him to the ground and struck him repeatedly with a steel baton. ICE asserts he injured himself by attempting to flee while handcuffed and hitting a concrete wall. Hospital clinicians said the injuries were inconsistent with a fall and included brain hemorrhaging and fragmented memory.
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