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Plainclothes agents arrest barber in Southwest Side barbershop

Oct 30, 2025·Location: Chicago, IL

Country of origin: Venezuela

Plainclothes agents arrest barber in Southwest Side barbershop
Photo via Chicago Sun-Times

Five plainclothes federal agents arrested a 26-year-old barber from Venezuela at Rockstar Fadez barbershop in Brighton Park. One agent had posed as a construction worker and customer earlier that morning without identifying himself as law enforcement. The agents threw the barber to the ground and carried him away in a pickup truck while threatening to detain anyone who intervened, and no warrant was presented before the arrest.

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