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Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez are both officers with Customs and Border Protection, ProPublica reports

Government documents have identified the two federal officers who fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis as Jesus Ochoa, a border patrol agent, and Raymundo Gutierrez, an officer with Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to ProPublica.

According to those records, Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, were the agents who fired their weapons during the confrontation last weekend that resulted in Pretti’s death.

The shooting sparked widespread demonstrations and renewed demands for criminal inquiries into federal immigration enforcement actions. Immediately following Pretti’s killing, the Trump administration repeatedly pushed false claims about the shooting.

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[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 1 points 14 hours ago

Here is a pic that is supposed to be them.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Records reportedly show that Ochoa joined CBP in 2018 as a border patrol agent, while Gutierrez began working for the agency in 2014.

So it's almost like years of training and experience had no effect on being trigger happy.

Dems in seats wanted more money for ice training that they claimed would have prevented these executions.

-we all knew it was bullshit. But now we have receipts.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Good's killer was also a long serving ICE agent. Dems want visibility on the hint that they could be doing something, maybe. They don't care about the actual facts on the ground. They need a third way, no matter what.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

OK, now start the prosecution. I don't understand how a murder, covered in detailed video from every angle, from the build-up to the trigger pulling, needs much of an investigation. Everyone saw what those murderers did.

[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 10 points 1 day ago

This is exactly when an investigation is useful: when all of us armchair experts already know the answer.

Get real ballistics and forensics experts in there. Get police with 20 years' experience.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Real world example of AI fucking shit up royally. The "Justice for Alex" sign on the bike is the MSNBC image they altered with AI. (or it appears to be altered from the original to me.)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ms-now-shared-ai-manipulated-alex-pretti-photo-on-tv-website-and-youtube-heres-what-we-know/ar-AA1VhYZu

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

While MSNBC did retouch the picture, this comparison went the other way and purposefully squeezed the original picture vertically to look worse.

That's what makes you confused that the picture on the bike is fake. That one is actually the original.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

After looking at that article, I think the photo on the bike is the original, not the AI version.

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I went back and forth. The face looks squished vertically, but the lens shows the side of his head whereas in the AI one, it doesn't. All that said, I don't think it's the same version as the MSNBC one, but it looks different to the original.