US EditionImmigrant released on bond in Massachusetts a month after ICE broke car window with hammer
- Juan Francisco Mendez, a 29-year-old Guatemalan man in Massachusetts, was detained by ICE on April 14 after agents smashed his car window with a hammer.
- ICE agents detained Mendez by mistake while searching for a different individual residing nearby, and he was unable to verify his immigration status.
- Mendez was held for nearly a month at Strafford County Corrections in New Hampshire without deportation proceedings, while his wife and son have asylum and he applies for derivative asylum.
- A judge dismissed Mendez's immigration case on May 8 due to improper government filing, ordered his release on a $1,500 bond, and he must wear a GPS monitor amid ongoing deportation efforts.
- Mendez reunited with his family after release, and his attorneys plan to pursue a civil lawsuit for constitutional violations reflecting concerns over ICE's forceful arrest tactics.
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Immigrant released on bond in Massachusetts a month after ICE broke car window with hammer
A man living in Massachusetts who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained in April after smashing the window of a car he was riding in with a hammer has been released.
Guatemalan man arrested by ICE in Massachusetts released on bail
Juan Francisco Mendez, 29, has been held in New Hampshire ever since ICE agents smashed the window of his car on April 14 to take him into custody. His attorney said he was on his way home Thursday evening, following a hearing in Chelmsford Immigration court Thursday morning.
Freed from ICE, Guatemalan dad dragged out of car in New Bedford reunited with family
On April 14, 2025, Juan Francisco Méndez, a Guatemalan immigrant seeking asylum, was detained by ICE agents in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in a dramatic arrest captured on video. While driving with his wife, Marilú Domingo Ortiz, to a dental appointment, agents approached their car, demanded ide
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