A U.S. Army veteran, George Retes, says he was unfairly held for three days in an immigration raid in California, even though he is a U.S. citizen and a former military member. Retes, 25, who works as a security guard at a cannabis farm, told TMZ Live that ICE agents surrounded his car during a protest in Camarillo last week. He says they shouted confusing orders, then broke his driver’s side window and pulled him out.
As reported by TMZ and ABC, Retes claims he was hit with tear gas and pepper spray during the arrest and was not allowed to show his ID or explain that he is a citizen. He was taken to a federal facility in downtown Los Angeles, where he says he was put on suicide watch for three days without being told why. Retes said, “They did not let me shower, they didn’t give me a phone call. They didn’t let me speak to an attorney. They never told me what I was arrested for… so the entire time I was in there… I was covered in OC spray and tear gas.”
