Law enforcement officials oversee people detained at last weekend’s San Antonio raid. Credit: Courtesy / DHS
Footage obtained by TV station KSAT of last weekend’s federal immigration raid in San Antonio shows an FBI agent intentionally knocking down and disconnecting a surveillance camera from a nearby food truck as the roundup takes place.
In the clip — reportedly obtained from a separate camera installed at the Las Pollitas food truck near Basse Road and San Pedro Avenue — a federal agent is seen yanking an umbrella from a picnic table and using it to bash down the surveillance device.
The footage aired by KSAT also shows federal agents tackling an unarmed man who’s raising his hands in the air in surrender.
The footage is the latest twist in the raid, which has raised questions and concerns from the community about its lack of transparency. The government has yet to identify the majority of the nearly 140 people detained in the roundup.
However, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has publicly stated that the enforcement action involved 14 state, local and federal agencies.
In a statement issued Wednesday, DHS said the raid targeted an unauthorized after-hours nightclub. The agency further alleged 27 of those detained are tied to the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua.
Even so, DHS has only publicly identified seven arrestees, all of which it said were suspected Tren de Aragua members. The agency offered no evidence to support that claim, other than listing prior criminal charges against three of those named and prior arrests records of two.
Even though some of the charges were minor, such as theft and illegal reentry, DHS described the individuals as “some of the of the worst illegal alien arrests,” adding that agents seized cocaine, three guns and $35,000 in cash during the raid.
U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar, both Democrats representing San Antonio, sent a letter urging the Trump administration to reveal the whereabouts of everyone else detained in the sweep. So far, they have received no response.
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