Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez have been identified as the two Border Patrol agents who shot and killed Alex Pretty in Minneapolis last month. ProPublica released their identities Sunday, adding that Ochoa is an agent and Gutierrez is a Customs and Border Protection officer. The Department of Homeland Security has not released their names.
The officers who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have been identified (Getty Images via AFP)Citing records, the report said Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, shot Pretty in January. The shooting occurred days after an ICE agent named Jonathan Ross killed Renee Nicole Goode in a residential area of Minneapolis.
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Who ate long ago Jesus and Raymundo Gutierrez?”The two were recruited into Operation Metro Surge, an immigration enforcement sweep launched in December that sent scores of armed and masked agents across the city,” ProPublica added.
Both are from South Texas, the report added. Ochoa joined CBP in 2018, and Gutierrez, who works in the agency’s Office of Field Operations, joined in 2014. Gutierrez is assigned to a special response team that conducts high-risk operations similar to the police SWAT unit.
ProPublica reports that Ochoa also goes by Jesse. He graduated from the University of Texas-Pan American with a degree in criminal justice. The publication quoted his ex-wife Angelica Ochoa to confirm the details. The 43-year-old is a Rio Grande Valley resident and dreamed of working for the Border Patrol, he added. The couple split in 2021.
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He described him as a gun enthusiast, revealing that he owned about 25 rifles, pistols and a shotgun.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, told CNN that the two agents who shot Pretti should be identified.
“They shouldn’t be anonymous. They should be identifiable. And they should have rules of engagement that don’t allow them to terrorize and intimidate, harass and attack US citizens and other people,” he said.
