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DHS Names 27 Suspected Tren de Aragua Detainees as San Antonio Raid Video Raises New Questions

Local officials are questioning the operation’s transparency.

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Community members rally Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, during a grassroots action to show support for their community at the intersection of San Pedro Avenue and Basse Road, near the location where a federal immigration raid took place over the weekend in San Antonio. Federal authorities say they detained more than 140 undocumented immigrants into ICE custody early Sunday morning on the North Side near San Pedro Ave and Basse Road. The operation was led by agents from the FBI and from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations, along with the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The interior of a building in the 5000 block of San Pedro Avenue believed to be the focus of a federal raid.
Charlie Jenkins, right, and Jocelyn Deleon, left, chant Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, at a grassroots action to show support for their community at the intersection of San Pedro Avenue and Basse Road, near the location where a federal immigration raid took place over the weekend in San Antonio. Federal authorities say they detained more than 150 undocumented immigrants into ICE custody early Sunday morning on the North Side near San Pedro Avenue and Basse Road. The operation was led by agents from the FBI and from ICE's Homeland Security Investigations, along with the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Overview

  • Homeland Security says more than 150 people were detained in a Nov. 16 multi-agency raid at an after-hours club on San Pedro Avenue in San Antonio led by the regional Homeland Security Task Force.
  • Officials report 27 detainees have alleged ties to Tren de Aragua, releasing five names, and say agents seized cocaine, three firearms and roughly $35,000 in cash.
  • Federal filings show only two people have been charged so far—Honduran nationals Marcos Joel Contreras-Max and Edwin Javier Chinchilla-Lopez—on illegal re-entry counts that do not link them to the gang.
  • Security and on-scene video shows groups zip-tied, flash-bangs deployed and an FBI agent knocking over a surveillance camera, with one person seen being shoved to the ground.
  • U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar have requested the warrant and detailed detainee data by Nov. 24, citing reports that teenagers and a couple with a baby were taken, while SAPD arrested George Hernandez on a terroristic threat charge over an online post targeting protesters and Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones sought answers on custody status.