Father acquitted of assault charge; faces federal retrial after ICE arrest
Jul 1, 2025·Location: East Wenatchee, WA
Hector Saul Iraheta-Mercado was arrested by ICE on July 8, 2025, in East Wenatchee and charged with assaulting ICE agent Jaimie Waite. After a mistrial in March 2025, he was acquitted at a second trial in June 2025. He is now facing a federal jury trial on the same assault charge, with proceedings that began in June 2026 including video evidence of the arrest and testimony about the arresting officer's social media posts.
Sources
- Tried for a second time
rangemedia.co·Jun 4, 2026·archived copy
- ‘Do you want us to do it to all of you?’
rangemedia.co·Jun 6, 2026·archived copy
- United States v. Iraheta-Mercado, 2:25-cr-00116
app.midpage.ai·Aug 18, 2025·archived copy
- WA DOL illegally shared data with ICE. No one can tell the jury in trial of Salvadoran immigrant.
rangemedia.co·Jun 4, 2026·archived copy
- pacermonitor.com
- Donate to Help Hector Secure an Immigration Attorney, organized by Maria Zavala
GoFundMe·Jun 9, 2026·archived copy
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