911 call reveals ICE pepper-sprayed 47 detainees in overcrowded Mesa holding facility

By: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: May 13, 2026

Words: 2,280

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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In the early morning hours of late February, a 911 call was made from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Mesa because a man was having a seizure after immigration agents used pepper spray on a group of 47 detainees in an enclosed room.

“Um, yeah we had, uh, a officer safety issue here,” ICE Ofc. Gene Rivero told a dispatcher with the Mesa Fire and Medical Department, according to a 911 …

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