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"A DHS Homeland Security Investigation (HIS) agent shot and killed American citizen Ruben Ray Martinez (23) in Texas last year, but initial reports did not reveal their involvement, with the details now coming to light through internal ICE records and FOIA requests.


ICE had described the murder of Ruben Ray Martinez as a failure to follow law enforcement instructions during a traffic incident as agents worked with local police on immigration enforcement."

Why HSI investigators were involved in traffic control was unclear when the experts at that are local uniformed city, county, or state police officers, not Feds. Map: South Padre Island

We are all Palestinians now

There is no "fixing ICE or DHS" other than immediately scrapping both agencies completely. Period.


#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-21 09:39 AM | Reply

How many people have died in ICE custody?

"Based on recent reports, at least 32 people died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody during the 2025 calendar year, marking the highest number of deaths in over two decades.

As of late January and early February 2026, at least six to eight additional deaths have been reported, indicating a rising trend in fatalities."

www.google.com

Muy proud Trumpers!

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-21 12:27 PM | Reply

Third American Death Linked to ICE Crackdown

Now this is what I voted for!
--Boaz

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-21 12:28 PM | Reply

MAGA (and by extension, ICE)'s entire perverted worldview was decoded and parsed by the First Protocol of the Elders of Zion.

I bet many stay away from reading the first protocol (the most sickening 3-4 pages you'll ever read in your life) because it is a "forgery". Nevertheless, if you judge by actions and not words it has been unofficially adopted as a political blueprint by Christian Nationalists and their "allies". The Internet Archive has a free copy. The first protocol is a 15 minute read. No need for thanks. You're all welcome.

#4 | Posted by pumpkinhead at 2026-02-21 12:33 PM | Reply

"The driver accelerated forward, striking a HSI special agent who wound up on the hood of the vehicle. Upon observing this, HSI group supervisory special agent utilized his government-issued service weapon, discharging multiple rounds at the driver through the open driver's side window."
archive.is

where video?

plus yes ice and border patrol in s padre, it's a border town for all purposes.

#5 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-21 12:35 PM | Reply

You know, when a cop tells me to "step out of the vehicle" I do not instead hit the gas.
I've seen enough youtubes to know, that never ends well.
There is one thing I can't figure out though, is why the second and subsequent cop cars stack up behind the first, leaving a clear path for the getaway drive.
I'd say the backup should block in the misbehaving driver.

#6 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-21 12:41 PM | Reply

#4 | Posted by pumpkinhead
"forgery"
the action of forging or producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.
"he was found guilty of forgery"

a copy of a document

-not a fabrication.

#7 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-21 12:44 PM | Reply

Three deaths of American citizens?

Before you know it, this will be a pattern.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-21 12:46 PM | Reply

There is one thing I can't figure out though, is why the second and subsequent cop cars stack up behind the first, leaving a clear path for the getaway drive.

#6 | Posted by john_savage2

You can't figure it out because ICE is lying to you about it.

#9 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-21 12:47 PM | Reply

Posted by john_savage

Are you BELLRINGER?

#10 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-21 12:48 PM | Reply

Not going to answer?

OK--You're BELLRINGER.

You have no idea how peculiar you are.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-21 12:52 PM | Reply

ICE is using IDF tactics and technology against us.

The IDF covers up killing people, ICE covers up killing people.

We are all Palestinians now with this "Israelization of America" to hate the "Other" (Muslims, Latinos, Asians, Somalis) and to shoot first, ask later.

Link: drudge.com

#12 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-21 12:52 PM | Reply

Methinks there are a few people using different aliases on drudge.com which is supposed to be a "no-no."

#13 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-21 12:54 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I'd say the backup should block in the misbehaving driver.

#6 | POSTED BY JOHN_SAVAGE2

I can see you are perfectly ok with the ICEholes committing crimes against civilians.

Thank you for that great analysis of how to block a car. With a car.

Have you applied for a job at ICE yet? That's one "jerb" them illegals can't take from you! They really need folks like you who believe that committing crimes against civilians and a few good murders are a good for America. Keeps us in line. And you also know how to park a car to block a car. That's amazing! That can cut a week off your 47 days of training!

And I'd still say because of everything in the videos I have seen it appears crimes have been committed by ICE and that they need to be fully investigated and prosecuted.

#14 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-21 12:57 PM | Reply

#4
archive.is

The kalergi plan.
"The man of the future will be of mixed race. Today's races and classes will gradually disappear owing to the vanishing of space, time, and prejudice. The Eurasian-Negroid race of the future will replace the diversity of peoples with a diversity of individuals."

It would be easier to disregard these things if they weren't actually happening

#15 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-21 01:05 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

" 11 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2026-02-21 12:52 PM | FLAG: "

I am not John Savage.

Your obsession with me is duly noted.

#16 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-21 01:06 PM | Reply

#14 | Posted by donnerboy
Most of the youtubes are not of ICE, they are of regular cops making a traffic stop that morphs into a high-speed chase.
The runner often wrecks into an innocent motorist.
Almost always there is a backup who arrives before the dash, but never does he park in front of the criminal, which would preclude the sudden departure.

#17 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-21 01:09 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

" 11 | POSTED BY ZED AT 2026-02-21 12:52 PM | FLAG: "

I am not John Savage.

Your obsession with me is duly noted.

I am John Savage.

Your obsession with me is duly noted.

#18 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-21 01:10 PM | Reply

www.youtube.com

deadly+chase

#19 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-21 01:14 PM | Reply

Not going to answer?

OK--You're BELLRINGER.

You have no idea how peculiar you are.

#11 | Posted by Zed

You have no idea how peculiar your lib-logic be.

#20 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-21 01:15 PM | Reply

FAFO

#21 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-02-21 01:20 PM | Reply

Most of the youtubes are not of ICE, they are of regular cops making a traffic stop that morphs into a high-speed chase.

Got yer degree in criminology from the University of YouTube did ya?

Garsh I was wondering how you were so knowledgeable about how to park a car so that it will block another car.

#22 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-21 01:31 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

^what's wrong with you donner? kuru?

#23 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-21 01:48 PM | Reply

Imma make a dash from this thread yall

#24 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-02-21 01:51 PM | Reply

It's fun watching the Pedos simping for ICE.

"Step on me harder, Daddy Trump!"

#25 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-02-21 02:34 PM | Reply

"According to ICE's internal report..."

Which isn't worth the paper it is printed on. ICE has already been shown to lie and destroy evidence about the shootings they perpetrate. Nothing in their report can be trusted.

#26 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-02-21 02:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

JACK MEHOFF2 sounds like Jeffy's been hitting the Ol' Grandad HARD.

#27 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-21 02:41 PM | Reply

"DHS said the incident remains under investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety's Ranger Division and directed any additional questions to that agency."

I don't believe that. I suspect no one is actually investigating. If this is anything like what we've seen in Minnesota then they are just crafting a coverup.
That said, if it is true then DHS needs to explain why they have not blocked Texas investigators from accessing the evidence like they've done in Minnesota? Is it because Texas is a willing participant in the coverup.

#28 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-02-21 02:41 PM | Reply

"Third American Death Linked to ICE Crackdown."

Patriots are just gonna have to step things up.
--MAGAts

#29 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-02-21 03:55 PM | Reply

The man of the future will be of mixed race.

That really scares you, doesn't it.

Good news for you is your family tree looks like a telephone pole.

#30 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-21 04:16 PM | Reply

Oof!

#31 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-21 04:17 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@28 "DHS said the incident remains under investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety's Ranger Division and directed any additional questions to that agency."

Almost a full year later and no results from the Texas Rangers investigation.

Must be an un-solveable crime.

#32 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-21 04:26 PM | Reply

It's Texas.

The state recently celebrated a MAGA father murdering his daughter for not supporting Trump.

Their solution to an elementary school shooting was to wait until the shooter got tired of murdering children.

It's the worst state in the union.

#33 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-21 04:36 PM | Reply

I have been cogitating which of the two Republican-led Confederate states are the worst: Texas or Florida.

Both states automatically vomit two repulsive Republican senators on us every six years.

Texas gave us Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby who helped take away JFK. Florida gave us the "hanging chads" of 2000 which ushered in George W. Bush and the Global War on Islam which cost taxpayers billion of dollars and killed thousands of our soldiers.

Dubya, from Texas, also gave us DHS and ICE.

Drum roll...

Unlike Florida, the Lone Star State is a net recipient of federal money. And they have all that oil.

Plus Joe Biden had given Texas a huge amount of money for infrastructure improvement which drew Felon Musk's company there from California.

The Taliban-hating Islamophobic State of Texas is the worst.

#34 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-21 05:06 PM | Reply

Great analysis

#35 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-21 05:11 PM | Reply

Thanks, Clownshack.

#36 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-21 05:22 PM | Reply

This guy ran over an officer and lefties blame ICE for firing in self defense.

#37 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-21 05:28 PM | Reply

This guy ran over an officer and lefties blame ICE for firing in self defense.
#37 | Posted by BellRinger

Actually the problem here is the government killing someone and not even reporting it.

Not that you'll ever have a problem with the government killing someone and not even reporting it!

#38 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-21 05:31 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Is there video of the incident?

Then the report should be considered false.

You know, a lie

#39 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-02-21 05:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

An officer was taken to the hospital. I suppose the hospital is lying about it.

#40 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-21 05:41 PM | Reply

The nefarious Trumpf junta should have exposed the so-called "leftie" for trying to kill a federal agent, right?

What a propaganda coup that would have been.

I wonder why D/DHS Kristi Noem didn't run with that story like with Renee Good or Alex Pretti's executions?

And the poor American kid that the DHS thug whacked in March 2025 looked like he could have been Palestinian.

Compare the photo of the late Ruben Ray Martine above with this photo of the late Mohammad Rafat Mohammad Edwan below who was similarly murdered by the IDF in the West Bank in Oct 2023.


ICE = IDF = ICE

We are all Palestinians now.

#41 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-21 06:09 PM | Reply

An officer was taken to the hospital.
#40 | Posted by BellRinger

Where was the shooting victim taken?

#42 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-21 06:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

This guy ran over an officer and lefties blame ICE for firing in self defense.

#37 | Posted by BellRinger

We've heard that before. You swallowed that one too like a good little Trump fluffer.

And it turned out to be false.

If you could remove your tongue from Trump's Pedo ass for 10 seconds, you could see what keeps happening. But we all know that's too much to ask.

#43 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-02-21 07:35 PM | Reply

#43 an officer was run over. Went to the hospital p, you complete idiot.

#44 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-21 08:42 PM | Reply

"#43 an officer was run over."

You're still missing it.

Why wasn't this reported?

#45 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-21 09:05 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#44 | "an officer was run over." | Flag:

#46 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-02-21 09:12 PM | Reply

#44 | The Donnerboy Rule:

I need two (2) independent sources** from any Trump sycophant for any 'proof' they offer before it is even considered, much less replied to.
**Any source that contains "Trump's FBI said...", or "The DOJ announced..." or "The White House proclaimed..." - or any iteration thereof - will immediately be considered not an independent source. - Try again.

#47 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-02-21 09:15 PM | Reply

Really? Is that why he went to the hospital? Is there a record of that that the hospital's released? A report from the hospital itself? How bad was that supposed injury?

"Agents surrounded the vehicle and commanded the driver to exit the vehicle"
Two things:
1st: SURROUNDED on foot? What total idiots. Completely, stupid, fukking idiots.
2nd: Commanded the driver to exit the vehicle? You do not and are advised never to exit your vehicle when told to by police. They have no right to force you to exit the vehicle or to pull you out.

"The driver accelerated forward, striking a HSI special agent who wound up on the hood of the vehicle. Upon observing this, HSI group supervisory special agent utilized his government-issued service weapon, discharging multiple rounds at the driver through the open driver's side window."

This is why you don't stand in front of a damn vehicle.
And somehow the other officer went ahead and shot the driver through the driver's open window?

The report went on to say that the special agent involved was taken to a nearby hospital, treated for a knee injury and released.
LMAO! Sure. An injured knee and immediately released. And he was hit hard enough to end up on the hood of the vehicle. Any bodycam video of this? Anything to substantiate any of it? A hospital report? Nothing?

Both people (the deceased and the passenger) were identified as U.S. citizens in the internal ICE report.

No wonder they didn't report this clusterfckk.

Side note: NOTHING they say can be believed. NOTHING.

#48 | Posted by YAV at 2026-02-21 09:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

OK, I went overboard on this one:
2nd: Commanded the driver to exit the vehicle? You do not and are advised never to exit your vehicle when told to by police. They have no right to force you to exit the vehicle or to pull you out.

You do have to comply when it's for "safety" reasons. Of course everything is going to be a "safety" reason.

#49 | Posted by YAV at 2026-02-21 09:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

You don't have to consent to search, and they have no right to do that without a judicial warrant. The little ICE administrative ones aren't valid.

#50 | Posted by YAV at 2026-02-21 09:31 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"The driver accelerated forward, striking a HSI special agent who wound up on the hood of the vehicle. Upon observing this, HSI group supervisory special agent utilized his government-issued service weapon, discharging multiple rounds at the driver through the open driver's side window."

Firing through an open window when you have the vehicle surrounded? That's ripe for friendly fire casualties of fellow officers and the public. I'm still trying to visualize all this. Agent on the hood, another agent on the side still has time to shoot and kill the driver?
Looks like the only people creating an unsafe situation were ICE/HSI agents... At least they weren't in their cars. That could've been really dangerous.

#51 | Posted by YAV at 2026-02-21 09:36 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Yav,

Sometimes you are weird. The guy hits an officer with his car and it's the officer's fault for being there?

#52 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-21 10:05 PM | Reply

The guy hits an officer with his car and it's not in the incident report that the police shot the guy?

You delight in playing the fool.

So much so, that you're not really playing.

#53 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-21 10:38 PM | Reply

An officer was taken to the hospital. I suppose the hospital is lying about it.

#40 | Posted by BellRinger

Per an ICE report? Then it is presumed to be a lie.

did the officer suffer internal bleeding?

#54 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-02-21 10:53 PM | Reply

DHS described a movie scene.

The HSI agent was hit that hard he ended up on the hood of the car?

Why would any person, civilian, soldier, or cop stand in front of a car on the highway or avenue?

Is that what state troopers do when they pull someone over for speeding or DWI?

The DHS public relations spokesperson must have been watching this movie the night before: www.youtube.com

#55 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-21 10:56 PM | Reply

An officer was taken to the hospital. I suppose the hospital is lying about it.

#40 | Posted by BellRinger

Have you seen a report from the hospital? A statement from the hospital?

ICE lies ALMOST as much as you do.

#56 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-02-21 10:56 PM | Reply

Why anyone is parsing the ICE report is beyond me.

Nothing from ICE is to be believed, at all.

It certainly isn't worth analyzing.

#57 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-02-21 10:57 PM | Reply

" did the officer suffer internal bleeding?

#54 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS AT 2026-02-21 10:53 PM | FLAG: "

An injured knee. He ended up on the hood of the car.

#58 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-21 11:03 PM | Reply

"An injured knee. He ended up on the hood of the car."

But if he dies tomorrow, that doesn't count, right?

We're still living by "J6 Rules"...right?!?

#59 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-02-21 11:14 PM | Reply

I don't think an injured knee is normally considered as a cause of death.

#60 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-21 11:46 PM | Reply

Is stress considered a cause of a fatal stroke?

#61 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-21 11:59 PM | Reply

"I don't think an injured knee is normally considered as a cause of death."

He could have internal bleeding yet to be discovered. But that's okay: it doesn't matter anymore, because if he dies tomorrow, that doesn't count. J6 rules, right? .

#62 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-02-22 12:01 AM | Reply

This incident happened 6 months ago. Pretty sure he's not going to die from his injuries.

#63 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-02-22 12:11 AM | Reply

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