On the morning of Saturday, August 16, 2026, Francisco Longoria, a party supply business owner, was driving his truck in suburban southern California to deliver a jumper for a water slide. Suddenly, three unmarked vehicles stopped his truck, and four masked men, later identified as agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), jumped out. Longoria, who was accompanied by his son Jonathan Longoria and son-in-law Daniel Rascon, feared they were being kidnapped, saying, “I see what happens in Mexico. I thought, are we going to be kidnapped by these masked men?”

The agents wore police gear but did not identify themselves, according to Longoria. After firing on his truck, Longoria was ambushed, charged, and jailed. However, the case against him eventually fell apart. The Longoria family’s lawyers have called on California Attorney General Rob Bonta to open a criminal investigation, with attorney Greg Jackson describing the stop as illegal and motivated by racial profiling: “It’s one of those stops where they saw brown people in a truck and decided to exercise their perceived authority over them.” Jackson also stated the ambush involved “major levels of violence that you would see for drug dealers, narco-terrorists, criminals” — an excessive force for someone with no criminal history.

Since President Trump took office last year, ICE has reportedly opened fire on at least 30 people, according to Trace, a US outlet tracking such shootings. Meanwhile, at least two people died in Adelanto while in ICE custody — Gabriel Garcia-Aviles, 56, and Ismael Ayala-Uribe, 39 — after ICE allegedly neglected their medical needs.

Longoria and his family are now seeking justice, viewing his experience as part of a troubling pattern involving ICE enforcement practices.

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