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New Surveillance Footage Shows Agents Pushing Pico Rivera Man to Ground

Released footage highlights agents’ use of force during the June 17 operation; Martinez remains jailed on charges of assaulting a federal agent.

Surveillance footage captures the arrest of a Walmart employee during an immigration raid in Pico Rivera on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
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Adrian Andrew Martinez, 20, of Pico Rivera was being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, a relative said. The U.S. citizen was arrested on suspicion of punching a Border Patrol agent in the face when he tried to interfere while agents were arresting an undocumented immigrant in Pico Rivera on June 17, 2025, federal officials said. (Photo courtesy of Alyssa Garcia)

Overview

  • Footage from Aguas Tijuana’s Juice Bar shows several Border Patrol trucks driving through the Pico Rivera Towne Center before agents chase and detain a maintenance worker and then push Adrian Martinez to the ground.
  • U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Martinez was arrested for interfering with the operation after allegedly punching an agent in the face and resisting custody.
  • Community members gathered in Pico Rivera to protest Martinez’s detention and denounce the federal raid on local businesses.
  • Martinez’s family has launched a GoFundMe to cover his legal expenses and maintains he intervened out of concern for the detained maintenance worker.
  • The operation’s tactics have prompted scrutiny over the legality of agents’ actions in public spaces and broader questions about the use of force during federal raids.