US EditionMan appears to have a seizure as ICE arrests his wife, but officials disagree
- Carlos Zapata Rivera is accused of faking a seizure during an ICE operation to help his wife, Juliana Milena Ojeda-Montoya, avoid arrest, according to the Department of Homeland Security .
- DHS officials stated that medical personnel found no legitimate medical emergency during the incident, and Rivera displayed no signs of distress afterward.
- Ojeda-Montoya has a criminal history and was previously arrested for stabbing a coworker; she is now in ICE custody, pending deportation proceedings.
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Video shows man apparently having a seizure during ICE arrest
Video shows a man appearing to have a seizure while Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest his wife in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Medical personnel found there was no immediate medical emergency, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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Man appears to have a seizure as ICE arrests his wife, but officials disagree
Massachusetts man claims he lost consciousness during a struggle with immigration agents, however federal authorities accuse him of faking the seizure to prevent his wife’s arrest.
Man appears to have a seizure as ICE arrests his wife, but U.S. officials push back
A Mass. man seen on video having an apparent seizure during a struggle with immigration agents as he holds his wife and crying toddler says he lost consciousness after agents pushed and hit him and pressed on his neck.
A video broadcast on social media shows a tense moment in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrest an Ecuadorian family in the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. During the intervention, a man identified as Carlos Zapata Rivera plummets on the ground apparently convulsing, while his wife and three-year-old son watch between screaming and crying. Witnesses accused the agents of having caused the man’s collapse after snatching …
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