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ICE Shatters Truck Window in Malden Arrest of Man With Pending Spousal Petition

Video with an eyewitness account challenges ICE’s description of minimal force during the early-morning stop.

Department of Homeland Security police officers are stationed at the front door of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement regional field office, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, in Burlington, Mass.
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Overview

  • Edgar Hernan Elias Escobar is being held at the Plymouth County facility after ICE placed him in deportation proceedings, according to DHS.
  • Surveillance footage shows agents breaking his truck window and pulling him from the vehicle as he was later taken by ambulance to a hospital and discharged.
  • ICE says Escobar refused commands to roll down his window and that officers followed training and used the minimum force necessary.
  • Escobar’s wife, a U.S. citizen and attorney, says he has no criminal record and has a pending I-130 petition she filed to regularize his status.
  • Greater Boston Legal Services reports similar arrests of people with pending cases in the Boston area, and a fundraiser for the family has raised about $15,000.