Pictured: ICE agent Jonathan Ross, 43, of Chaska MN, who shot Renee Good to death on January 7, 2026
Federal Goons in Minneapolis
By Susu Jeffrey / Original to Wings of Change / February 6, 2026
The two masked federal officials who shot intensive care nurse Alex Pretti are Texans, Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez. Ochoa, 43, joined Border Patrol in 2018; Gutierrez, 35, has been with Customs and Border Protection since 2018. The January 24 killing of Pretti has been ruled a homicide, that is, an unlawful killing of a person.
Although Pretti’s autopsy has not been released he was shot perhaps 10 times according to a The New York Times frame by frame review of video footage. Ochoa and Gutierrez were whisked out of Minneapolis soon after killing Pretti as part of the federal brotherhood protective practice.
Jonathan Ross, 43, who shot Renee Good three times plus a bullet graze while she was sitting in her car on January 7 has a long military career. He served with the Indiana National Guard in Iraq in 2004-5 as a machine gunner on a combat patrol truck.
In 2007 Ross joined the U.S. Border Patrol and worked out of El Paso, Texas. He moved to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2015, working in a deportation unit. Ross is a firearms instructor, on a SWAT team and specializes in tracking down “higher value targets.” Ross lives in “a large house on a quiet street” in Chaska, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. He is described by his father as a “conservative Christian.”
ICE is the wealthiest law enforcement agency in the country. Ross’ Minneapolis attorney, Chris Madel. a law enforcement defender, ended his gubernatorial run after the Pretti murder saying “national Republicans have made it nearly impossible for a Republican to win a statewide election in Minnesota.” However Madel said he still supported President Trump’s cliché about the immigration hunt for “the worst of the worst.”
The Twin Cities are still overrun with armed, masked enforcers (at least 2000) who are terrorizing citizens into staying at home, and missing school and work. Business is suffering. Nevertheless, thousands and thousands of peaceful neighbors turn out for frequent demonstrations and attended the February 3 political caucuses. Besides the regular protests, neighborhoods are organized to act if ICE comes into their territory, trained legal observers are tracking ICE agents, and people are donating food and other items to distribution centers. People are also delivering food to those who are housebound by choice. Others are driving to and picking up children to and from school. Defying and standing up to ICE in Minnesota is a community effort.
Susu Jeffrey is a poet and writer living in Minneapolis, Minnesota
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