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Army Veteran Released After ICE Raid Will Sue for Wrongful Detention

The U.S. Attorney’s Office is reviewing dozens of cases from the Camarillo cannabis farm raid for potential charges

A woman raises her hands as Customs and Border Protection agents extend their skirmish line into a crop field during a raid at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, Calif., July 10, 2025.
Federal agents block a field and road during an ICE immigration raid at a licensed cannabis farm on July 10, 2025 near Camarillo, California. 
U.S. federal agents stand guard while blocking a road leading to an agricultural facility where U.S. federal agents and immigration officers carried out an operation, in Camarillo, California, U.S., July 10, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo
Federal immigration agents talk to Rebecca Torres, second left, after she tried to block a military vehicle during a raid in the agriculture area of Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker)

Overview

  • George Retes, a 25-year-old U.S. citizen and Army veteran, was arrested without explanation during the July 10 Glass House Farms immigration raid and held for three days
  • Federal agents broke Retes’s car window, deployed tear gas and pepper spray, and restrained him despite his repeated identification as a U.S. citizen
  • Retes was denied the opportunity to contact a lawyer or his family and was held at the Metropolitan Detention Center without being informed of any charges
  • The July 10–11 Camarillo raid detained more than 360 people and led to the death of a farmworker who fell while fleeing federal agents
  • Retes plans to file a lawsuit against the federal government alleging civil rights and due-process violations