Two federal officers involved in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have been identified as Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez, according to government records reviewed by ProPublica.
The documents indicate that Ochoa, 43, a US Border Patrol agent, and Gutierrez, 35, an officer with Customs and Border Protection (CBP), discharged their weapons during a confrontation last weekend that resulted in Pretti’s death. The shooting has sparked widespread protests and renewed calls for criminal investigations into federal immigration enforcement practices.
At the time of the incident, both officers were participating in Operation Metro Surge, a large-scale immigration enforcement effort launched in December that deployed armed, masked federal agents across Minneapolis.
CBP has declined to publicly confirm the identities of the officers and has released limited details about the shooting, drawing criticism from lawmakers and civil rights advocates. Scrutiny has intensified amid reports that the incident occurred just days after another immigration agent fatally shot a different Minneapolis protester, Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother of three.
Pretti, 37, was an intensive care unit nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital. His death has become a focal point in the broader national debate over immigration enforcement under the Trump administration, particularly the use of masked agents whose identities are not publicly disclosed. Enforcement actions in several cities have involved violent encounters affecting both immigrants and US citizens.
Earlier this week, CBP notified select members of Congress that two agents fired Glock pistols during the encounter but did not disclose their names. The Department of Homeland Security said the officers were placed on administrative leave following the shooting.
After several days of demonstrations and mounting political pressure, the US justice department announced on Friday that its civil rights division had opened an investigation into the killing.
Records show Ochoa joined CBP in 2018 as a border patrol agent, while Gutierrez began working for the agency in 2014. Gutierrez is assigned to CBP’s Office of Field Operations and serves on a special response team that conducts high-risk operations similar to police SWAT units. Both officers are from south Texas.
