Witness to immigration agent’s killing of friend last year dies in Texas car crash

Joshua Orta was passenger when Ruben Ray Martinez was fatally shot in his car by immigration agent in March 2025

The passenger in the car when Texas driver Ruben Ray Martinez was fatally shot in March 2025 by a federal immigration agent gave a lengthy statement to lawyers for the slain man’s family disputing the government’s version of events.

That witness died on Saturday in a fiery car crash in San Antonio, a lawyer for Martinez’s family said.

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