Overview
- ICE said the detainee is Marta Brizeyda Renderos Leiva, 39, and that she is in custody pending removal to El Salvador under a 2020 removal-in-absentia order after entering the U.S. in 2007.
- Bystander video from the pre‑security area near baggage claim shows plainclothes agents carrying a distraught woman who can be heard saying, "I have my papers."
- Salt Lake City police said their officer did not participate in the detention and confirmed on body-camera footage that the agents identified themselves and displayed badges.
- Mayor Erin Mendenhall and the City Council condemned the operation, questioned the use of plain clothes in a busy airport lobby, and sought additional details from federal authorities.
- Family members told local outlets she had a work permit and no criminal history and said they never received notice of the hearing, with an attorney noting a motion to reopen could be pursued.