Man Fatally Shot Last Year Now Revealed to Have Been Killed by ICE

"Per newly revealed internal ICE documents, Martinez was shot multiple times and killed on South Padre Island, Texas, in the early hours of March 15, 2025. While the incident was initially reported by local outlets as a law enforcement officer-involved shooting, ICE's involvement became clear this week as the documents, reviewed by the Times, describe Homeland Security Investigations agents assisting local police with traffic control near a car accident when Martinez approached in a blue Ford."

"According to the report, Martinez initially failed to comply with commands to exit his vehicle. Agents then surrounded the car and ordered him out. The documents state that Martinez accelerated, striking a federal agent who landed on the vehicle, prompting another agent to fire multiple shots through the driver's side window. Martinez was transported to a hospital in Brownsville, where he later died."

"The Department of Homeland Security described the shooting as self-defense, saying the agent fired defensive shots to protect himself, his fellow agents, and the general public after Martinez allegedly ran over an agent. The injured officer was later treated for a knee injury and released. But Martinez's family disputes that account. His mother, Rachel Reyes, told the Times her son was a good kid with no criminal history who had been celebrating his birthday days earlier."

ICE agents shot and killed 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez on March 15, 2025, on South Padre Island, Texas. Internal ICE documents report Homeland Security Investigations agents were assisting local police with traffic control near a car accident when Martinez approached. Martinez allegedly failed to comply with commands to exit, accelerated, and struck a federal agent who landed on the vehicle, prompting another agent to fire multiple shots through the driver's side window. Martinez was taken to a hospital and later died. The Department of Homeland Security described the shooting as self-defense; the injured agent was treated and released. Martinez’s family and lawyers dispute the government's account and call for a full investigation.

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