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ICE places hold on Mexican man after he fled Florida traffic stop

Sep 29, 2026·Location: Leesburg, FL

Country of origin: Mexico

ICE places hold on Mexican man after he fled Florida traffic stop
Photo via leesburg-news.com

Jose Felipe Pacheco Bautista, a 21-year-old Fruitland Park man, was stopped by Leesburg police after radar showed his truck traveling 51 mph in a 45-mph zone on State Road 44 and Whitney Road. He and another occupant fled on foot while the vehicle was still rolling, and Pacheco Bautista was apprehended shortly after and charged with resisting an officer without violence. He was booked into the Lake County Jail, where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a hold on him.

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