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January 27, 2026

2 entries on this date.

ICE agent attempted to enter Ecuador's consulate in Minneapolis, was turned back by employee

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent attempted to enter Ecuador's consulate in Minneapolis on January 27, 2026, and was physically turned back by a consular employee, in an encounter captured on video that Reuters verified. Ecuador's foreign ministry filed an official diplomatic protest with the U.S. embassy in Quito over the incident; ICE said its officers were pursuing a fugitive who fled into the building and that its agents never actually entered the consulate.

Federal agents blocked Minnesota investigators from Alex Pretti shooting evidence, refused to honor state search warrant

On January 27, 2026, federal agents blocked Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from accessing evidence at the Minneapolis scene where federal officers had killed Alex Pretti three days earlier, turning away state investigators even after they obtained a valid search warrant. Federal agents also failed to maintain proper chain of custody for the murder weapon, placing it on a vehicle seat rather than securing it in a labeled evidence bag. The FBI subsequently refused to share evidence with state investigators, and Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty issued formal Touhy demands after a federal judge dissolved an emergency evidence preservation order.