The way state and federal authorities stormed into a horse track in Wilder on Sunday isn’t sitting well with hundreds of people who say they were detained in zip tie handcuffs and separated from their families.
Ashley Palomares and Anabel Romero, both U.S. Citizens, were two such bystanders whose hands were zip-tied during the raid. They both spoke exclusively to Idaho News 6 about their experience that day, which included traumatic moments watching families be separated and describing abuse at the hands of unidentified law enforcement officials.
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US Citizen recalls being detained by ICE
“I started noticing a helicopter off in the distance by the fields, thinking it was an air ambulance or somebody,” recalled Ashley Palomares. “And then the next thing you know, you just hear boom, and see everybody take off.”…