{"id":46510,"date":"2026-02-03T11:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=46510"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:17:07","slug":"arrest-and-prosecute-demands-for-justice-after-jesus-ochoa-and-raymundo-gutierrez-named-as-masked-agents-who-killed-alex-pretti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/arrest-and-prosecute-demands-for-justice-after-jesus-ochoa-and-raymundo-gutierrez-named-as-masked-agents-who-killed-alex-pretti\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Arrest and Prosecute\u2019: Demands for Justice After Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez Named as Masked Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A picture sits at a memorial to Alex Pretti on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pretti, an ICU nurse at a VA medical center, died on January 24 after being shot multiple times during a brief altercation with border patrol agents in the Eat Street district of Minneapolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a lack of training issue, it\u2019s a culture of violence and lawlessness issue.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jon Queally<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb 02, 2026 (CommonDreams.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez were identified<\/a> Sunday as the two masked federal officers who shot and killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, immediate calls for their arrest and prosecution went out alongside demands for the heavy-handed operations ordered by the Trump administration<\/a> to come to an immediate end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ProPublica<\/em> named Ochoa and Gutierrez, both from Texas<\/a> but deployed for operations in Minnesota prior to the shooting, based on government documents the nonprofit news outlet obtained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018Please Get the Truth Out,\u2019 Alex Pretti\u2019s Parents Plead as Trump Officials Baselessly Smear Shooting Victim<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u2018What the F*ck Did You Do?!\u2019 Video Contradicts DHS Claims About Killing of Alex Pretti<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to<\/a> ProPublica<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Both men were assigned to Operation Metro Surge, an immigration<\/a> enforcement dragnet launched in December that sent scores of armed and masked agents across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBP, which employs both men, has so far refused to release their names and has disclosed few other facts about the deadly incident, which came days after a different immigration agent shot and killed another Minneapolis protester, a 37-year-old mother of three named Renee Good.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Protests<\/a> erupted in Minneapolis and nationwide following the homicides of Good and Pretti, both captured on video from various angles by bystanders for all the world to see. Sunday\u2019s reporting notes that both Ochoa and Gutierrez were seasoned officers with the Border Patrol, joining the agency in 2018 and 2014 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe two CBP federal agents who murdered Alex Pretti have been on the job for 11 and 7 years, respectively,\u201d said<\/a> Melanie D\u2019Arrigo, executive director of the New York Health Campaign, in response to the reporting. \u201cIt\u2019s not a lack of training issue, it\u2019s a culture of violence and lawlessness issue. If you\u2019re still voting to fund this, you\u2019re condoning it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many lawmakers have argued that the killings of Pretti and Good\u2014as well as the near-endless list of violence, intimidation, unconstitutional searches, and unlawful behavior of immigration enforcement officers under the direction of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem\u2014are attributable to a wave of new recruits and inadequate training. But critics have said that the argument provides a smokescreen for the Trump administration, which has encouraged such tactics as a matter of policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cICE has much more than a training problem\u2014it has a culture problem,\u201d said Rep.\u00a0Pramila Jayapal<\/a>\u00a0(D-Wash.) during a news interview on Sunday. \u201cThe lack of accountability for their violence and lawless actions corrupts the entire agency, and our communities are forced to pay the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ICE has much more than a training problem \u2013 it has a culture problem.

The lack of accountability for their violence and lawless actions corrupts the entire agency, and our communities are forced to pay the consequences. pic.twitter.com\/hO0eMQ04uh<\/a><\/p>— Pramila Jayapal (@PramilaJayapal) February 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>