ICE kicks 63-year-old landscaper to ground, fracturing skull and arm
Sep 25, 2026·Location: San Antonio, TX

Pedro Mendoza Chávez, 63, was violently taken down by ICE agents during a landscaping shift, suffering a cracked skull and a broken arm. His wife, Ruvelina Vega, said he had already surrendered and stopped running when an agent kicked him to the ground, causing his head to hit the concrete. Vega was initially barred from seeing him or learning his location, and an officer falsely told her he had merely fallen. Mendoza Chávez received staples for his scalp wound before being discharged and is now held in ICE detention, still in severe pain and without having received a full medical exam.
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