The accused criminal migrant in the operation that resulted in the shooting death of a Minneapolis anti-ICE protester Saturday has been identified as illegal alien Jose Huerta-Chuma.
Huerta-Chuma, of Ecuador, was arrested by Department of Homeland Security officers on Saturday and apprehended for driving without a license, according to Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and the Washington Times.
Huerta-Chuma’s criminal record includes charges for domestic assault, disorderly conduct, and driving without a license, federal authorities said.
.Details about his illegal entry into the country and the nature of his crimes were not provided by the Department of Homeland Security.
The traffic stop apprehension was disrupted by anti-ICE protesters — resulting in the deadly scuffle between uniformed officers and civilians on the icy Minneapolis streets.
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Protester Alex Jeffrey Pretti was part of the street-side struggle, according to video, and became the center of a scrum of roughly six officers who tackled the 37-year-old after he attempted to separate ICE agents from demonstrators.
Pretti was armed with a semi-automatic pistol and two magazines of ammunition at the time, DHS said.
Bovino claimed Pretti approached officers with the weapon and “violently resisted” agents when they attempted to wrestle the gun from him, he said in a news conference.
