Internal documents reveal that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were involved in the fatal shooting of 23-year-old U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez on March 15, 2025, on South Padre Island, Texas. The incident, which occurred during a nighttime traffic stop near an accident scene where Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents were assisting local police, remained unpublicized as a federal operation for nearly a year. Authorities claim Martinez accelerated his vehicle and struck an officer, prompting another agent to fire multiple shots through the open driver's window, leading to Martinez's death in the hospital. This case marks at least the third U.S. citizen killed by immigration officials since the start of Donald Trump's second term, with the family's attorneys seeking a thorough investigation into the circumstances and ICE's presence at the traffic stop.