Overview
- The Montgomery County Processing Center told Houston Public Media that Arnulfo Bazan was deported to Mexico on Monday, four days after the encounter in southwest Houston.
- His son, 16-year-old U.S. citizen Arnoldo Bazan, says masked officers from unmarked cars choked and beat them and used racial slurs during the Oct. 23 stop near South Gessner and Beechnut.
- The family says the officers did not clearly identify themselves or display insignia, though bystander video shared by FIEL Houston shows agents wearing vests labeled “POLICE” and one with a “DEA” patch.
- Arnoldo says agents seized his phone while he recorded the encounter and that he was released after several hours, while his father was taken into custody and later removed.
- ICE’s Houston office and DHS did not provide substantive comment in response to reporters’ questions as advocates press for an investigation into the officers’ conduct.