US EditionICE agents continue to work to get man facing deportation out of tree on San Antonio's west side
- Raul Ical, a 29-year-old Guatemalan national, climbed a tree on San Antonio's west side on April 29, 2025, to evade arrest near S Navidad and Hazel streets.
- Ical fled during a traffic stop where authorities attempted to execute a deportation warrant for illegal re-entry after his 2013 deportation to Guatemala.
- ICE and Texas Department of Public Safety officers surrounded the area and tried multiple times to talk with Ical, who remained in the tree for about nine hours without water amid warm temperatures.
- Neighbors indicated that Ical had been perched in the tree from mid-morning, and officials from Homeland Security verified there is an active warrant for his arrest related to federal charges of illegal re-entry.
- Ical descended just before 7 p.m. Tuesday and was taken into custody, suggesting the authorities successfully ended the standoff without reported violence.
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Illegal immigrant busted by ICE agents after hiding in tree for over six hours
Guatemalan national Raul Ical, 29, scaled the tree after fleeing from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a traffic stop in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday, KSAT reports.
ICE Agents Arrest Migrant Who Climbed Tree in Texas to Evade Them
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in San Antonio arrested a man said to be an undocumented immigrant after a roughly eight-hour standoff that unfolded on Tuesday in a backyard where he tried to evade arrest by climbing a tree. The man, who immigration officials identified as Raul Ical, a 29-year-old from Guatemala, attracted a large crowd of residents and journalists. “You don’t have to sign anything,” yelled Jose Montoya, an act…
ICE Agents Arrest Migrant Who Climbed Tree to Evade Them - Overpasses For America
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in San Antonio arrested a man said to be an undocumented immigrant after a roughly eight-hour standoff that unfolded on Tuesday in a backyard where he tried to evade arrest by climbing a tree. The man, who immigration officials identified as Raul Ical, a 29-year-old from Guatemala, attracted a large crowd of residents and journalists. “You don’t have to sign anything,” yelled Jose Montoya, an act…
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