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The shooting occurred on September 24, leaving one ICE detainee dead and two others wounded. However, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has not publicly released the names of the victims. The DHS source provided USA TODAY with the victims’ names and their alleged criminal histories:
1. Angel Garcia-Hernandez from Mexico, with convictions for giving fictitious information, evading arrest, driving while intoxicated, and fleeing police.
2. José Andrés Bordones-Molina from Venezuela, with a history of property theft and a traffic offense.
3. Norlan Guzman-Fuentes (nationality not specified), with arrests for battery, improper exhibit of a firearm or dangerous weapon, criminal mischief, driving while intoxicated, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
George Rodriguez, a Dallas-based immigration attorney, expressed that none of these individuals deserved to die or be gravely injured by a sniper’s bullet. “We need to recognize that these are people,” he said. “These are spouses, these are parents, this is somebody’s child.”
The lack of information on the injured detainees has caused frustration among advocates who claim their injuries have been overlooked. ICE typically releases information on death-in-custody cases within a few days but has not done so in this instance.
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ICE’s own National Detention Standards require the agency to put out a death report within 24 to 48 hours. Katie Blankenship, director of Sanctuary of the South, which provides low-cost legal assistance to immigrants, commented that there is a “black hole of information,” which is troubling and not according to protocol.
The incident was described as a targeted attack on law enforcement by the Dallas FBI’s Special Agent in Charge, Joseph Rothrock. The Department of Homeland Security blamed “shameful rhetoric from activists, sanctuary politicians, and the media” for fueling a culture of hate against law enforcement.
