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ICE Arrest Sparks Outcry Over Mysterious Skull Injuries

2/18/2026

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Investigators are examining the arrest of Alberto Castañeda Mondragón, a Mexican national, by ICE after he sustained eight skull fractures.
Witnesses and medical experts dispute ICE's claim that Mondragón's injuries resulted from a fall.
Officials are hindered by missing surveillance footage from nearby businesses overwritten before law enforcement could request it.
As Mondragón awaits a summons to an ICE detention facility, concerns grow that he could be deported and silenced.

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Investigators are examining the arrest of Alberto Castañeda Mondragón, a Mexican national, by ICE after he sustained eight skull fractures.
Witnesses and medical experts dispute ICE's claim that Mondragón's injuries resulted from a fall.
Officials are hindered by missing surveillance footage from nearby businesses overwritten before law enforcement could request it.
As Mondragón awaits a summons to an ICE detention facility, concerns grow that he could be deported and silenced.