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Joshua Orta: Key witness to Ruben Martinez’s ICE killing made damning claims before death, ‘He did not strike anyone…’

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The only passenger who was in the car with Ruben Ray Martinez when an ICE officer shot him dead in South Texas last year has died in a separate car accident, attorneys told Newsweek. 25-year-old Joshua Orta had made some damning claims about Martinez’s shooting, contradicting official accounts. This undated photo provided by Rachel Reyes … Read more

Who was Joshua Orta? Witness in Ruben Ray Martinez’s fatal ICE shooting dies in car crash

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Joshua Orta, a 25-year-old Texas native who was in the car with Ruben Ray Martinez when the latter was fatally shot by ICE agents in Texas last year, has died in a car crash. Orta was the only witness in the case and had planned to formally sign a statement that contradicted the US State … Read more