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'I Told Him That I Was Not Going to Lie for Him': Ex-Wife IDs ICE Agent Who Killed Man in Maine
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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
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This is worth reading the entire thing, but here's some portions
It's almost like ICE is selectively recruiting this kind of people.
They don't need to. There's not a lot of other people willing to join them.
Probably fishing through Domestic Violence Court records.
Both the Portland Press-Herald and AP News go further into the details in regard to this guy's past, with AP speaking to at least one ex-wife and that wife's mother (who witnessed some of the abuse), his daughter, another estranged relative who asked to remain anonymous, and "hundreds of family court records obtained from the Augusta District Court clerk’s office" that "detail years of allegations of physical and verbal abuse raised by his second ex-wife on behalf of herself and his daughters."
According to the Press-Herald article,
It's an interesting statement to make on its own, just like it's interesting how AP News can document this guy's lifelong history of abusive behavior toward others out in a matter of hours but the gubmint meat grinder never could. It's pretty clear they just don't want to hear it.
They could, they just didn't.
They knew. His propensity for violence was a primary qualification.