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Saturday, July 18, 2026

The DOJ quickly labeled Gabriel Hurtado-Cariaco a "criminal illegal alien" and member of a terrorist gang. It accused him of attempting to kill an HSI agent by ripping off her body armor, slamming her head into the ground, and choking her. Since then, two separate videos"one recorded by a passing driver and another from inside a near-by residence"have been released. They appear to tell a very different story. The footage shows an HSI agent and another agent wrestling Gabriel to the ground, placing him in a chokehold, and striking him. Gabriel is then seen slipping out of his shirt to break free. The HSI agent gives chase, appears to overextend while trying to grab him, and falls to the ground At no point was the agent's body armor removed. The agent quickly recovers and gets into her vehicle to continue the pursuit.

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Hurtado-Cariaco was originally charged with attempted murder based on government claims but that charge was quickly dropped after the prosecutor was presented with the videos.

#1 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-07-18 02:18 PM | Reply

"attempting to kill an HSI agent by ripping off her body armor, slamming her head into the ground, and choking her. "

^
Trump pardoned the people who did that on J6.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-18 03:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Intimidation through murder and lying about it are the MAGA regime's default, go-to positions. If you hear of one of their atrocities and wait for some actual facts to emerge, you will seldom be disappointed if you were initially expecting to be subjected to a king-sized load of bullsh##t.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-18 06:25 PM | Reply

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