On the one-month anniversary of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in Wilder, 15 detained individuals were released from Idaho prisons, with a senior U.S. district judge for Idaho citing a lack of due process and unlawful confinement.
Families gathered at Mountain Home outside the Elmore County Jail as eight individuals were released Wednesday night, as reported by KTVB. The remaining seven individuals were released from other state facilities in eastern and western Idaho.
The raid took place on Oct. 19 at La Catedral Arena horse racetrack in Wilder. Approximately 400 attendees were spending their Sunday watching races when the FBI came to carry out arrest warrants for five individuals who allegedly organized illegal horse-racing betting. In carrying out four of the arrest warrants, the FBI invited 200 law enforcement personnel from several agencies including the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…