{"id":501051,"date":"2026-10-19T13:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501051\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T13:58:08","slug":"ice-agents-broke-us-citizens-arm-as-they-detained-him-in-california-officials-say-ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501051\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE agents broke US citizen\u2019s arm as they detained him in California, officials say | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal immigration<\/a> agents broke the arm of a US citizen in what a Democratic congressman said was a \u201cbrutal attack\u201d during a confrontation with protesters in California.<\/p>\n

Video of Saturday\u2019s encounter in Long Beach shows Ricardo Gonzalez, identified as a former city employee, handcuffed and face down in a gutter, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE<\/a>) officers kneeling on his back.<\/p>\n

Rex Richardson, Long Beach\u2019s mayor, told CNN<\/a> on Sunday that Gonzalez had called emergency responders for help at one point. In an online fundraiser for his medical expenses, Gonzalez\u2019s daughter, Leslie, said he was knocked off his e-bike by an unmarked ICE vehicle.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was tased twice, pinned to the ground, and taken to the hospital for serious injuries,\u201d Leslie\u2019s fundraiser said. \u201cWhat ICE did was not right.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richardson said: \u201cWhen the police arrived, we know that he was detained. He was on a curb. He was injured.\u201d<\/p>\n

The episode centering on Gonzalez is the latest in a number of recent violent and sometimes deadly encounters involving federal officers<\/a> conducting enforcement actions as part of Donald trump\u2019s immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n

The homeland security department, which oversees ICE, has not commented publicly on why Gonzalez was detained. But it frequently portrays its agents\u2019 actions as self-defense or protecting public safety.<\/p>\n

The Guardian has contacted ICE for comment.<\/p>\n

Congressman Robert Garcia, a Democrat who represents Long Beach, posted on X<\/a> that he was disturbed by the encounter and called for the abolition of ICE.<\/p>\n

\u201cICE agents brutally attacked and broke the arm of a North Long Beach resident and US citizen,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe videos are horrific and should concern not just our community but the country. I\u2019m proud of the neighbors who documented and stood up for the family being terrorized by ICE.<\/p>\n

\u201cDonald Trump and his inhumane and illegal deportation machine must be stopped. Long Beach stands with our community and our immigrant families.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a>, the Long Beach police department (LBPD) said ICE personnel also called for emergency assistance \u201cdue to vehicle vandalism taking place and a subject in need of medical aid\u201d. The LBPD statement also said officers arrived to find \u201ca large group disturbance\u201d taking place involving the federal agents.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne officer located a handcuffed male adult, being detained by ICE, who was bleeding,\u201d the statement said. \u201cOfficers transported the handcuffed injured man to a nearby fire station. There, LBPD personnel removed the handcuffs and LBFD personnel transported the man to the hospital for medical attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

The LBPD said it was not involved in any immigration enforcement action and made no arrests. It said ICE agents who followed officers into a secure parking lot \u201cwere subsequently directed to leave the station\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were later advised that if they wanted to file a vandalism report, they could contact the City of Long Beach Communications Center,\u201d the LBPD statement added.<\/p>\n

The Gonzalez case in Long Beach has parallels with an incident in Texas on 10 October in which an ICE agent driving an unmarked SUV ran over a man and broke his leg in three places<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harris county, Texas, district attorney Sean Teare said he was considering bringing felony assault charges against the immigration officer after video appeared to show the vehicle swerving into the man in a parking lot in the Houston area.<\/p>\n

At a news conference on Friday, Houston-based advocacy group FIEL accused<\/a> ICE of crashing into that man while searching for another who had died years earlier. A FIEL official told the Associated Press it had turned over to Teare a death certificate for the man the group says ICE was apparently looking for.<\/p>\n

ICE on Friday did not respond to AP\u2019s questions about the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal immigration agents broke the arm of a US citizen in what a Democratic congressman said was a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-501051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}