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ICE arrested the listed individuals described in the release.
Available evidence supports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) publicly claimed these specific individuals — Juan Perez-Tello, Julio Miguel Gonzalez, Carlos Esqueda-Ortega, Jose Barrera-Bolanos, and Gustavo Benitez-Barrueta — were arrested during Christmas 2025 enforcement operations, and multiple independent outlets (AOL/Yahoo News, Federal Newswire, Tampa Free Press) report these arrests based on DHS/ICE statements. However, beyond these DHS-originated press statements and their media reprints, there are no independently verifiable primary records (such as publicly accessible arrest logs, ICE detainee rosters, or court documents dated to the specific December 28–29, 2025 arrests) that directly confirm each arrest as described. Because the claim rests entirely on government press releases and derivative reporting, without corroborating primary documentation of the arrests themselves, it cannot be definitively verified.
The verdict is Unclear because the only evidence for these specific arrests is DHS/ICE’s own press communications and secondary media reports quoting them, with no independently accessible primary arrest or court records confirming each named arrest event and timing.