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ICE Shooting of U.S. Citizen FINALLY REVEALED?!?!

2026-03-07 Entertainment
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Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian are joined by civil rights attorney Greg Kirakosian to examine the case of Ruben Ray Martinez, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen fatally shot by an ICE agent on South Padre Island, Texas, on March 15, 2025 — his birthday. Martinez and his friend Joshua Orta were driving through an intersection where ICE agents were directing traffic after an unrelated car accident when agents opened fire. DHS claims Martinez intentionally struck an agent; Orta's account says they were nearly stopped and an agent fired seven shots through the window at close range. No body cameras. No dashcam released. ICE's involvement wasn't disclosed for 11 months — the case only surfaced after internal records were obtained through a FOIA request by Newsweek. Then the sole eyewitness, Orta, died in a fiery single-car crash four days before he was set to testify before a grand jury. Without him, the grand jury returned no indictment. Martinez's mother is a Trump voter. The family has been stonewalled for a year. The DOJ refused to investigate. A Texas state rep has invoked a new legislative rule to compel a public hearing. Kabateck LLP: Call 1-844-74-CIVIL for a free case evaluation or visit us at https://www.kbklawyers.com/ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

Top Comments (10)

@weluvCO 2026-03-07

Imagine how many were M*rdered and we will NEVER know.

128 13 replies
@debscamera2572 2026-03-07

We can't get used to this violence

125 5 replies
@rebeccamccormick7988 2026-03-07

Thank you for reporting on this. My heart breaks for Ruben Martinez and his family. This is only the second time I have seen this murder mentioned. Another strange death associated with this regime.

124 2 replies
@BuyerRepBev 2026-03-07

Such a HORRIFIC REGIME!

119 1 replies
@RenataCantore 2026-03-07

We The People Demand Justice for The Innocent Victims of ICE agents.

118 1 replies
@brendamohrlok6910 2026-03-07

Cover up like the ones in Minnesota.

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@markhutchins1124 2026-03-07

Why would ICE shoot a kid? They killed him? WTF? Lethal force used on him? Oretha dies in car accident before he can tell the truth in court? This is one hell of a double homicide by ICE and the ICE buddy club.

74 3 replies
@katrinasmith2843 2026-03-07

Too many of these incidents to be coincidence.

60 1 replies
@Preview43 2026-03-07

So.... the witness about to testify just *happens* to die in a fiery crash. Hmmm... not suspicious at all.

50 6 replies
@katherinea.rodgers8366 2026-03-07

It is horrifying that there could be more stories like this that we don't know about. Thank you for reporting this.

39 2 replies

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