Sergio Martinez Beltran

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83 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 26 Aug

Sergio Martinez Beltran’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Up First from NPR · ICE Shootings Update, Swift Observatory Rescue, World Cup Final Preview · 18 Jul 2026 podcast

So critics say that if buddy cameras had been a true priority for the administration, they would have figured out how to get them deployed to all agents sooner.

Yeah, so at least seven people have been killed by federal immigration agents during enforcement operations since President Trump returned to office.

And there are many other instances where ICE agents have used force against immigrants and other civilians.

In fact, the ACLU released a report this week that looks at more than 1,200 enforcement operations involving ICE officers,

They found more than 400 instances of agents pushing, tackling, or pinning people to the ground and using weapons like rubber bullets and tasers.

The ACLU also found dozens of times where officers used potentially deadly tactics, including chokeholds.

Yeah, earlier this week, DHS said it was going to pause the traffic stops, but then President Trump ordered the agency to continue them.

He called traffic stops an effective tool to arrest undocumented immigrants.

So the bottom line is, Scott, they are still happening.

There's potential that more of these encounters could quickly go south and turn volatile or deadly.

You're welcome.

Up First from NPR · Blanche Confirmation Hearing, US and Strait of Hormuz, ICE Vehicle Stops · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

Hey, Leila.

Yeah, I mean, this could mark a significant change.

The last two deaths stemmed from traffic stops.

That includes the fatal shootings of Joan Sebastian Duran Guerrero in Maine this week and that of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas last week.

The Department of Homeland Security accused Duran Guerrero of being a public safety threat and Salgado Araujo of weaponizing his car to run over an ICE officer.

Neither of them was the intended immigration enforcement department.

And no video evidence has been presented to back up DHS's claims.

Yesterday, NPR confirmed that the agency will pause, at least for now, conducting traffic stops.

DHS told NPR it will not discuss enforcement tactics, so we don't yet know all the details of this change, but the office of U.S.

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