Rachel Reyes
Role at the time: Ruben Martinez’s mother
Condemned
Statement summary
Reyes said her son did not deserve to be killed during his first night away from home.
“This is a young, sweet, funny, silly boy who spent his first night outside of his home. He did not deserve this.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)What happened when an ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Martinez on South Padre Island?Sections recounting Alex Stamm’s assessment and Rachel Reyes’s first public interview
The report compares official descriptions of the encounter with witness, family and attorney accounts.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
Her statement directly rejects the outcome as undeserved and therefore condemns the use of deadly force.