Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez: 5 things to know about CBP agents identified in Alex Pretti shooting

Names of the two federal agents who fatally shot Alex Pretti have been identified by ProPublica. Here are five points on them.

Published on: Feb 2, 2026, 04:31:09 IST

By Shirin Gupta

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Federal immigration agents, Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez, have been identified in government records by ProPublica as the two officers who fired the shots that killed Alex Pretti during a January 24 protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Names of the two federal agents who fatally shot Alex Pretti have been identified by ProPublica. Here are five points on them. (AP)

Who is Jesus Ochoa?

According to government records reviewed by ProPublica, Jesus Ochoa is a 43-year-old Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018.

He was assigned to Operation Metro Surge when he and fellow agents opened fire on Pretti in Minneapolis.

Who is Raymundo Gutierrez?

Government records state that Raymundo Gutierrez is a 35-year-old who serves as a Customs and Border Protection officer, also assigned to Operation Metro Surge, a program that dispatched numerous armed and masked agents throughout the city as part of an immigration enforcement dragnet, which started in December.

Gutierrez joined CBP in 2014 and is primarily working for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. He is a member of a special response team that carries out dangerous missions similar to police SWAT units.

Both agents from South Texas

According to ProPublica's report, both agents hail from South Texas.

Ochoa, aka Jesse, according to his ex-wife, Angelica Ochoa, earned a criminal justice degree from the University of Texas-Pan American.

Ocha is a gun enthusiast

According to Angelica, Ochoa had always dreamt of working for the Border Patrol. He finally landed a job there, after which the couple headed for a divorce in 2021.

Angelica told ProPublica that by the time they split, Ochoa acquired roughly 25 rifles, handguns, and shotguns as a gun enthusiast.

Both agents are placed on administrative leave

CBP has not formally released the names or provided detailed public statements about Ochoa and Gutierrez.

However, according to a BBC report and a previous announcement by the CBP, administrative leave has been granted to two agents who were involved in the shooting death of an American citizen in Minneapolis.

This is a standard protocol where the agents remain on leave until review of potential use-of-force violations has been completed.

It's unknown how long the agents will be off the job or when they were placed on leave.

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Shirin Gupta
Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues. Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats. Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments. She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog. She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.Read More

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