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  • Agents were pursuing an immigrant when they killed Alex Pretti. Now, he shares his story.

    01/31/2026 3:59:15 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 44 replies
    CBS News ^ | January 31, 2026 / 11:00 AM EST | Cara Tabachnick, Camilo Montoya-Galvez
    Jose Huerta Chuma is a man in hiding — and he's also a man in distress. He's been replaying the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti over and over again in his mind, wondering if he could have done something differently and if there's something that "would have saved that life." The 41-year-old immigrant from Ecuador, who said he has been in the U.S. for over two decades, described witnessing the shooting after hiding inside a local business. The Department of Homeland Security has described Huerta Chuma as a criminal living in the U.S. illegally who was the target...