Use of Force and Police Accountability

Federal authorities say the man who was shot during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforcement stop in Central California has been taken into FBI custody. Attorneys and reporting indicate the individual — identified in social media as Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez — was shot by ICE agents during the stop, treated at a hospital and later transferred to federal custody where he was arrested on assault-related charges; a judge reportedly set $50,000 bail at a recent federal appearance, though that decision remains in flux as proceedings continue. Local reporting and family advocates say the transfer happened without notice to relatives or counsel, and there are conflicting public accounts about what occurred during the enforcement action.