Alberto Castañeda Mondragón said he suffered eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages
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- Alberto Castañeda Mondragón claimed that he was beaten up so badly by ICE agents while being detained that he suffered eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages
- The Mexican immigrant said that he plans to file a complaint against the federal law enforcement agency
- ICE claimed in court documents that the man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall” and needed medical attention
A Mexican immigrant claimed that he was beaten up — unprovoked — by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minnesota.
Alberto Castañeda Mondragón, 31 claimed in an Associated Press interview published on Friday, Feb. 6, that he did not “purposefully” run “headfirst into a brick wall,” as ICE agents claimed in court documents, while he was being detained last month.
He told AP that he was pulled from a friend’s car outside a St. Paul shopping center on Jan. 8 by ICE agents who allegedly threw him to the ground, handcuffed him, then punched him and hit his head with a steel baton. He also claimed that he was dragged to an SUV and transported to a detention center where he was beaten again…