Bronx Man Needed Stitches After He Was Violently Wrongfully Detained by ICE, Family Says
The teen said agents realized their mistake after checking his ID and cellphone, then dropped him off bloodied and far from home.
- On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents mistakenly detained 19-year-old Jeury Concepcion in the Bronx near Gun Hill Road and Hull Avenue, tackling him before realizing their error.
- Video footage captured agents handcuffing Concepcion as blood dripped from his head; he required stitches and suffered a concussion, injuries sustained one day before his 20th birthday.
- Agents released Concepcion after checking his identification and phone, discovering their mistake. One agent told him, "he confusing me with somebody else," then dropped him at a park.
- Grandmother Ivelisse Garcia Santana rushed Concepcion to the hospital, stating, "He had never been through something like this." Witnesses stood helplessly as agents detained him.
- This incident occurs as New York officials consider legislation to limit cooperation with federal immigration operations. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated Thursday he is not currently planning an agent surge.
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'They wanted to kill me': New York man speaks out after ICE mistakenly beats him
A New York man said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents admitted that they had the wrong person after he was beaten on the street in the Bronx.Jeury Concepcion, 19, told WNBC that he had to get stitches and suffered a concussion after his encounter with ICE on Wednesday."They didn't iden...
Teen claims he was wrongfully detained by ICE agents after bloody takedown in Bronx
An ICE takedown caught on camera in the Bronx left a 19-year-old bleeding and requiring stitches to his head. It wasn’t until later that agents found out they had the wrong person. Cellphone video showed the teen get tackled and detained by agents Wednesday afternoon at Gun Hill Road and Hull Avenue. Once agents figured out they had made a...
ICE agents tackled a New York teenager, split his head open and left him bleeding at a park. Then they admitted they had the wrong person
A 19-year-old from the Bronx was tackled, handcuffed, and left bleeding by ICE agents who later admitted they had the wrong person. The incident was caught on cellphone video obtained by News 4. The teenager, Jeury Concepcion, was standing in front of a barber shop on Hull Avenue when multiple ICE agents approached him and ordered him to stop. Agents brought Concepcion to the ground and handcuffed him. The video shows agents lifting him off the …
A video shows the moment when ICE mistakenly arrested a young man during an operation in the Bronx, New York, thanks to the recording we can observe the erroneous and violent arrest, in which the 19-year-old citizen, Jeury Concepción ended up with a wound that required stitches and a concussion. ICE stops by mistake young man in the Bronx, this we know of the case The events took place during the afternoon of Wednesday, May 6 at the intersection…
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