Two federal agents reportedly identified in fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez are both officers with Customs and Border Protection, ProPublica reportsGovernment documents have identified the two federal officers who fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis as Jesus Ochoa, a border patrol agent, and Raymundo Gutierrez, an officer with Customs...
<p>Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez are both officers with Customs and Border Protection, ProPublica reports</p><p>Government documents have identified the two federal officers who fatally shot <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/alex-pretti-minneapolis-minnesota-shooting">Alex Pretti</a> in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> as Jesus Ochoa, a border patrol agent, and Raymundo Gutierrez, an officer with Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-gutierrez">ProPublica</a>.</p><p>According to those records, Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, were the agents who fired their weapons during the confrontation last weekend that resulted in Pretti’s death. The shooting sparked <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/ice-protests-friday-strike">widespread</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/protests-alex-pretti-killing-federal-agents-ice">demonstrations</a> and renewed demands for criminal inquiries into federal immigration enforcement actions. Immediately following Pretti’s killing, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> repeatedly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/minneapolis-shooting-ice">pushed</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/trump-administration-alex-pretti-shooting-statements">false claims</a> about the shooting.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/01/border-patrol-agents-identified-alex-pretti-minneapolis">Continue reading...</a>
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