"Border Patrol agents were seeking a man with a criminal record when an agent fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the Border Patrol commander said Sunday. But the Minnesota Department of Corrections says state court records show only misdemeanor-level traffic offenses from more than a decade ago. Commander Greg Bovino said Sunday that Jose Huerta-Chuma has a record of domestic assault, intentional infliction of bodily harm and disorderly conduct. He had not been apprehended as of early Sunday afternoon."
"Huerta-Chuma has never been in prison in Minnesota, according to a Saturday night statement from the Corrections Department. DOC records further indicate that an individual by this name was previously held in federal immigration custody in a local Minnesota jail in 2018, during President Trump's first administration, the statement said. Any decisions regarding release from federal custody at that time would have been made by federal authorities. DOC has no information explaining why this individual was released."
Border Patrol agents were seeking Jose Huerta-Chuma when a Border Patrol agent fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Minnesota Department of Corrections records list only misdemeanor-level traffic offenses from more than a decade ago for an individual by that name. Department records indicate the individual was never imprisoned in Minnesota and had been held in federal immigration custody in a local Minnesota jail in 2018. Decisions about release from that federal custody would have been made by federal authorities, and the Department of Corrections has no information explaining why the individual was released. Border Patrol characterized the individual as being in the U.S. illegally and emphasized a mission to remove the person from the street while warning that vilifying rhetoric can have tragic consequences.
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