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Army of ICE agents arrive in military tank with battering ram to arrest 61-year-old migrant
Daily Mail UK ^ | February 4, 2025 | Bethan Sexton

Posted on 02/05/2025 8:47:32 AM PST by Morgana

An army of ICE agents arrived in a military tank with a battering ram to arrest a 61-year-old migrant over the weekend amid Donald Trump's crackdown.

Alfonso Garcia Vega was apprehended at an address in Phoenix on Sunday as his horrified family looked on.

Video showed the armored vehicle barreling down the quiet residential street flanked by a convoy of police cars.

The raid took place as Trump's illegal migrant deportation plan moves ahead at warp speed.

Vega's son criticized the heavy use of force to detain his father who is in poor health.

'I think it was unnecessary for them to do this,' Marco Garcia told AZ Central.

'I think they used this as propaganda. I think they used it to show an example of what they can do. It was like a show to them.'

His father was taken into custody after armed officers dressed in tactical gear descended on the property.

Video taken at the scene shows a woman encouraging Vega to remain calm as the officers swarm the street.

Suddenly a flash bang grenade explodes sending a crowd which had gathered running.

'This is the police with a warrant,' a voice says over a speaker. Exit the residence immediately with your hands empty and above your head.'

The clip then cuts to Garcia shouting at officers who are standing guard at the scene.

'Where's the warrant man? Who's the leader? Who's in charge? You guys are treating us like criminals,' he shouts.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: demagoguery; hyperbole
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To: Repeat Offender

Corporate wants you to find the differences between these two pictures.....


Corporate is invited to their local eye doctor’s shop for a fitting.


61 posted on 02/05/2025 11:10:19 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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62 posted on 02/05/2025 11:12:12 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: Morgana

Must be the latest thing in tanks. Great disguise to make it look like an armored car!


63 posted on 02/05/2025 11:12:32 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: central_va

I’m sorry you’re appalled. Take two tums and lay off the garlic.


64 posted on 02/05/2025 11:24:53 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Morgana

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Alfonso+Garcia+Vega&ia=web


65 posted on 02/05/2025 11:28:01 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Morgana

According to court records, Garcia Vega had a felony conviction for reentering the U.S. after a previous removal. ICE got wind that he was back in 2023 after he unsuccessfully attempted to buy a gun.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2025/02/04/ice-raid-phoenix-deport-alfonso-garcia-vega/78212228007/


The arrest is for a gun charge, shouldn’t the left support this?


66 posted on 02/05/2025 11:32:17 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Redleg Duke

“Looks like an MRAP to me.”

And every rifle is an assault rifle to a reporter and a politician.


67 posted on 02/05/2025 11:44:30 AM PST by dljordan
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To: Magic Fingers

They are criminals. Illegally entering the US is a felony.

Now they know how Roger Stone and the J6 people felt.


68 posted on 02/05/2025 12:01:47 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Morgana

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69 posted on 02/05/2025 12:12:29 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Morgana

Ah poor illegal alien , not migrant liberal rag, doesn’t like being treated like the criminal he is.


70 posted on 02/05/2025 3:29:55 PM PST by Mastador1
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