New Footage Yet Again Contradicts DHS Claims About Its Killing of a US Citizen

Body camera footage newly obtained by CBS News shows the moments leading up to and after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot US citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in March 2025 and contradicts the Department of Homeland Security's account of the killing. 

Martinez was 23 when an agent killed him in his car last spring in South Padre Island, Texas. Local news outlets reported on his death at the time, but described it only as an "officer-involved" shooting. Last month, ICE finally confirmed that one of its agents killed Martinez. 

But DHS, ICE's parent agency, was quick to deflect blame. DHS claimed that Martinez "intentionally ran over" an agent "resulting in him being on the hood of the vehicle," adding that a separate agent "fired defensive shots to protect himself, his fellow agents, and the general public."