ICE agents misidentify man during raid, hundreds protest as officers deploy flash-bangs and pepper balls
Mar 24, 2026·Location: South Burlington, VT

On March 11, 2026, ICE agents conducted a raid in South Burlington, Vermont, after a vehicle stop on Dorset Street. Court filings later revealed that agents misidentified and arrested Cristian Jerez-Andrade, a Honduran man, after chasing him into a home—they had been seeking Mexican national Deyvi Daniel Corona-Sanchez, who was not present. Hundreds of community members and activists, alerted by Migrant Justice, rapidly assembled at the scene and formed a human barrier to prevent ICE from entering the house and detaining residents. As the standoff continued into the evening, heavily armed ICE agents and Vermont State Police officers in tactical gear forcibly pushed through the crowd, deploying flash-bang devices and shooting pepper balls at protesters. At least one protester was injured and taken away by ambulance, several were arrested, and many others suffered pepper spray exposure.
Sources
- ICE agents chased the wrong man into a South Burlington home, court filings say
mynbc5.com·Mar 24, 2026·archived copy
- ICE enforcement action leads to protest, violent clashes outside South Burlington house
vermontpublic.org·Mar 12, 2026·archived copy
- Suspect in South Burlington raid misidentified by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents
WAMC·Mar 25, 2026·archived copy
- Chaos Breaks Out at Scene of ICE Arrests in South Burlington | Seven Days
sevendaysvt.com·Mar 11, 2026·archived copy
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