US Border Patrol Beats and Executes Nurse in Minneapolis

U.S. Border Patrol Beats and Executes Nurse in Minneapolis

Minneapolis residents gather to light candles and lay flowers in the street on the spot where Federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti.

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Censored News, updated Jan. 24, 2026 11 p.m.

Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital, was tackled and beaten by a mob of federal agents Saturday morning in Minneapolis. Alex was assassinated by the U.S. Border Patrol.

Alex went to the aid of a woman and was brutally attacked by federal agents. Drop Site News describes what videos reveal.

"To be clear about what this depicts: An immigration officer threw a woman onto the ground. Alex Pretti, a registered nurse on the scene as a legal observer, is filming and goes to help the woman up. He is then pepper sprayed and thrown to the ground for no discernible reason. Many officers surround and assault him; one removes his firearm, which police say appears to have been legally registered. They then execute him with a hail of bullets," Drop Site News reports.