Overview
- Video from Thursday in Fitchburg shows a man convulsing in a car as agents removed relatives, including a baby, during an operation that targeted Juliana Milena Ojeda Montoya.
- ICE says the action focused on arresting Ojeda Montoya on criminal allegations, with local police citing an assault-with-a-weapon accusation tied to a workplace incident.
- Carlos Zapata, identified as the man in the video, and the infant were later released, while Ojeda Montoya remains in custody pending proceedings.
- An ICE spokesperson said emergency personnel found no legitimate medical episode and that Zapata refused care, a claim he rejects while alleging an agent’s maneuver caused him to lose consciousness and that he sought medical attention.
- ICE asserts agents attempted to de‑escalate, repeatedly asked the father to take custody of the child, and reported both parents expressed willingness to place the baby in state care, as rights groups call for transparency and protocol review against a backdrop of intensified enforcement.