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Developing: A man evading ICE has been in a tree for hours
San Antonio Express News ^ | 04/29/2025 | By Jacob Beltran, Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson, Staff writers

Posted on 04/29/2025 3:20:29 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd

A man who reportedly has a warrant for deportation has climbed a tree to escape authorities.

He’s been up there for hours as officers wait below.

News4 has been streaming the incident on Facebook.

According to a statement from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s San Antonio office, ICE, in coordination with the Texas Department of Public Safety, attempted to serve a criminal warrant on a man described as a “criminal alien" on Tuesday.

ICE officials said Raul Ical, a 29-year-old Guatemalan national, was stopped during a traffic stop involving the vehicle in which Ical was a passenger. Ical exited the vehicle and fled on foot, then entered the backyard of a nearby residence and climbed a tree to evade arrest.

Ical previously entered the United States unlawfully on March 27, 2013, and was subsequently removed to Guatemala on April 24, 2013. At an unknown date and time, he reentered the U.S. illegally.

Ical faces federal criminal charges for illegal re-entry after deportation.

A male voice could be heard talking to the man in Spanish, advising him not to get down, “No te bajes, Raul,” the man said.

The man later called out to Ical, “Do you want an attorney?

Ical signaled yes.

The man replied, "OK, we’re going to make them all famous."

This is a developing story. Check back for updates. Raul Trey Lopez contributed to this report.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: aliens; ice; illegal; raulical; tree; treed
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To: Responsibility2nd

If he’s in a tree, any branch office should be able to take care of the situation.


21 posted on 04/29/2025 4:06:30 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Geez just chop down the damn tree with him in it


22 posted on 04/29/2025 4:13:37 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Admin Moderator

Ongoing live......

Now if this illegal currently up a tree should break the branch he’s on and fall down breaking his neck, will you move this story to Breaking News?

Just wondering.


23 posted on 04/29/2025 4:14:03 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Shotgun with rock salt.


24 posted on 04/29/2025 4:16:09 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Responsibility2nd

I was thinking that when I saw the title!!!!


25 posted on 04/29/2025 4:16:38 PM PDT by Morgana ( “Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women.” — Alice Paul 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 )
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To: Responsibility2nd

“Just shoot up here amongst us, one of us has got to have some relief.”
— Marcel Ledbetter


26 posted on 04/29/2025 4:21:05 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: chajin

Leave him be.


27 posted on 04/29/2025 4:25:44 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Arrest the a-hole interfering with ICE.


28 posted on 04/29/2025 4:26:28 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The landowner needs to throw a citizen’s arrest on the chimp. We don’t do that here in America.


29 posted on 04/29/2025 4:34:03 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The U.S. "Judiciary. Putting Foreign Illegal Aliens Criminals first. They are here ILLEGALLY!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Officer tackeberry knows how to get him down.


30 posted on 04/29/2025 4:42:32 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: Responsibility2nd

How will he drop a deuce? Asking for a neighbor.


31 posted on 04/29/2025 4:50:47 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Responsibility2nd

Oh, brilliant idea; run up a tree, they said. That will save you, they said. Darwin award recipient.


32 posted on 04/29/2025 4:56:57 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Have you really evaded anything locked in your bathroom?


33 posted on 04/29/2025 5:17:57 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Responsibility2nd

Send up a hungry black bear.


34 posted on 04/29/2025 5:18:31 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Responsibility2nd

I imagine the democrats have already organized a group of agitators to be bussed in to “support’ this criminal invader. Democrats love their tree sitters.


35 posted on 04/29/2025 5:19:22 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“ Shotgun with rock salt.”
That’s what I dd.
Worked!


36 posted on 04/29/2025 5:21:26 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: Responsibility2nd
That would be the fun way to do it but it is not the tree's fault that it has a nut.

Just wait for a bit. One way or another he will be down in three days.

37 posted on 04/29/2025 5:25:41 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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UPDATE: After over six hours hiding from authorities in the tree and evading officers’ attempts to safely remove him, 29-year-old Raul Ical was persuaded by negotiators to come down.


38 posted on 04/29/2025 5:33:46 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Great thread! Many thanks.


39 posted on 04/29/2025 5:35:36 PM PDT by mairdie
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To: Responsibility2nd

How long of leads do they have on the taser?

Seriously, part of the path to victory is making all illegals fear deportation, and begin the process of self deportation.


40 posted on 04/29/2025 5:39:49 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts
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