The cover-up failed. We now know the names of the federal agents who murdered Alex Pretti.

The cover-up failed. We now know the names of the federal agents who murdered Alex Pretti.
Government records reviewed by ProPublica confirm that the two men who fired their weapons during the Minneapolis protest were Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Raymundo Gutierrez, 35 — both employees of Customs and Border Protection.
For days, the federal government refused to identify them in a blatant effort to protect these individuals from accountability.
Ochoa joined Border Patrol in 2018 after earning a criminal justice degree from the University of Texas–Pan American. According to people who knew him, he had long dreamed of becoming a Border Patrol agent.
Gutierrez joined CBP even earlier, in 2014. He works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations and serves on a special response team — units trained for high-risk operations modeled after police SWAT teams. Records show he, like Ochoa, is from South Texas.
This matters. These were not inexperienced rookies or confused deputies caught off guard. These were trained federal agents, operating under a coordinated enforcement surge, with tactical resources, backup, and authority.
Their actions ended the life of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital — someone whose professional life was spent keeping people alive and caring for others.
In the aftermath, Department of Homeland Security acknowledged that two agents discharged Glock pistols, then refused to release their names. State investigators say federal authorities blocked their access to evidence.
Body-camera footage exists — and remains hidden. This is not standard practice for most local police departments. It has become routine for federal immigration enforcement.
Officials initially claimed Pretti “resisted arrest” and that agents feared he was armed. Yet Pretti’s handgun was legally owned, and analyses of bystander video appear to show the weapon being removed before shots were fired.
Even Trump administration officials have since walked back their initial claims, conceding agents may not have followed protocol. Quiet revisions are not accountability.
Accountability starts with names.
Jesus Ochoa.
Raymundo Gutierrez.
Do not let this disappear. Share their names. Demand the release of the body-camera footage.
Demand independent state prosecution. Demand an end to masked federal policing.
Because trained federal agents cannot kill a citizen in public and remain anonymous. That is not what our democracy stands for.