A cheeky ICE arrest photo showing the capture of an illegal Mexican migrant has gone mega-viral for an unexpected reason after being shared online — and many are accusing authorities of deliberately staging the photo for clicks.
The picture of Diego Hernandez, 42, posed next to a female ICE agent — who has her back to the camera and her hair flicked over her shoulder, while dressed in tight black pants — has almost 25 million views since being posted on X by the San Diego, California branch of ICE on Saturday.
ICE arrest photos are commonly staged so the arresting agent’s face is hidden to protect their identity, but this particular photo, of a sullen Hernandez wearing shorts and a South Park T-shirt, next to a curvy agent, took off on social media.
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