2026-03-06T06:00:17-0500 / CBS新闻
德克萨斯州奥斯汀 — 雷切尔·雷耶斯（Rachel Reyes）的儿子，23岁的美国公民鲁本·雷·马丁内斯（Ruben Ray Martinez），在近一年前被美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）探员枪杀。但她说，她仍在试图弄明白原因。
雷耶斯表示，截至2025年3月，她尚未收到任何与儿子被杀相关的视频、证据或官方报告。虽然马丁内斯的死亡当时已被报道，但ICE的介入直到近11个月后的上个月才被公开披露。
“我只想知道发生了什么，为什么他们认为这是合理的，老实说，我不相信。我不是一个拒绝接受现实的母亲，我只是一个心存疑虑的母亲，因为我了解我的儿子，我知道他不是威胁，”雷耶斯在儿子去世后的首次电视采访中告诉CBS新闻。
“我认为，只有知道真相才能让我得到解脱，”她补充道。
雷耶斯是在德克萨斯州出生和长大的美国公民，她说她的家人对执法人员深表尊重，并指出她在2024年投票支持了特朗普总统。但她表示，联邦政府迫切需要改革移民探员的执法方式。
“我不责怪特朗普总统对我儿子的死亡负责，因为扣动扳机的不是他，”雷耶斯说。”但我确实认为，该部门存在的暴力或虐待行为以及不受惩罚的模式需要改变。”
![雷切尔·雷耶斯手持儿子鲁本·雷·马丁内斯的照片，他于2025年3月在德克萨斯州南帕德里岛被ICE探员枪杀。]（CBS新闻）
她对美国国土安全部（DHS）的声明提出质疑，该声明称，在2025年3月15日德克萨斯州南帕德里岛的事件中，一名ICE探员向马丁内斯的车辆”开枪自卫”。国土安全部指控马丁内斯无视指示，”故意”用车辆冲撞一名ICE探员。
“她说，国土安全部的说法’火上浇油’，因为没有官员被撞倒，也没有官员受伤，而且存在相互矛盾的说法，这让我不信任，”她补充道。
与马丁内斯一起乘车的亲密朋友约书亚·奥尔塔（Joshua Orta）对国土安全部对事件的描述提出了异议。奥尔塔在一份由马丁内斯的律师分享并准备的草稿声明中表示，他的朋友”没有撞到任何人”。奥尔塔在上个月签署声明并作证前，死于一场单独的车祸。
雷耶斯表示，她不相信国土安全部的说法，而且她尚未看到任何支持该说法的证据。
“他不是一个暴力的人，也不是一个好斗的人，”她谈到儿子时说。
![雷切尔·雷耶斯看着儿子鲁本·雷·马丁内斯的照片，CBS新闻]
致命枪击事件的相互矛盾说法
雷耶斯说，她的儿子和奥尔塔周末前往南帕德里岛庆祝生日。这是他第一次离开圣安东尼奥地区，没有家人陪同。
一份与2025年3月事件相符的ICE内部报告称，涉事联邦探员在深夜发生车祸后，正在协助南帕德里岛警察指挥交通。通过非营利组织美国监督（American Oversight）的公开记录请求披露的报告称，一辆蓝色福特车的司机在接近该区域时”未遵守指示”。在探员发出命令后，报告称车辆”减速停下”。报告补充说，探员包围了汽车，并命令司机下车。
报告称，司机”加速前进”并撞上了一名ICE探员。据报告称，在那一刻，另一名ICE探员从打开的车窗向司机”连续开枪”。司机接受了急救，然后被送往当地医院，在那里被宣布死亡。
在一份草稿声明中，奥尔塔声称，他和马丁内斯在朋友的公寓喝了几杯酒，试图进入一家俱乐部未果，在泳池派对待了几个小时，还在Whataburger餐厅吃了东西，之后在南帕德里岛遇到了警察。奥尔塔回忆说，一名执法人员看到他们车上有一个打开的酒精容器，便告诉他们”掉头离开”。然后，奥尔塔声称，另一名警察”走到我们的车旁（并）拍了拍引擎盖”。
![鲁本·雷·马丁内斯]（雷切尔·雷耶斯通过美联社提供）
“后来我了解到，州警的报告称鲁本’撞到’了一名警官。这不是真的。我当时在场，我明确且毫不犹豫地说，鲁本没有撞到任何人，”他的声明中写道。”那个州警似乎想挡在我们的车前面，就像我们试图按警察说的那样掉头离开时，他没有让路。”
奥尔塔说，他看到两到三名警察大喊让他们”停下”，并看到他们拔枪。
“这对我来说很疯狂，因为我们只是在蠕动，车挂着档，但只是滑行。鲁本从未踩油门，”奥尔塔说。”这些州警从未受到鲁本的威胁，他们本可以在我们试图掉头离开时轻易地走到一边。”
奥尔塔说，一名后来得知为ICE工作的探员在他们试图掉头时”靠近了驾驶座一侧”。
“没有任何警告、命令或遵守的机会，探员就从极近的距离——不超过两英尺——向鲁本连续开枪，”奥尔塔说。”我听到鲁本说，’对不起’，然后他向后倒下。”
德克萨斯州公共安全部（DPS）一直是调查马丁内斯致命枪击事件的牵头机构，但尚未公开任何调查结果。在CBS新闻提出一系列问题（包括关于雷耶斯评论的问题）后，德克萨斯州DPS的一名发言人周四表示，其”调查已经完成”，并将于周五公布与枪击事件相关的记录。
上个月，一个大陪审团驳回了2025年3月15日枪击事件的刑事指控。
国土安全部在给CBS新闻的一份声明中表示：”该事件由州当局调查并提交给大陪审团，大陪审团一致认为没有犯罪行为。”该机构称，开枪打死马丁内斯的ICE探员是为了”保护自己、他的同事和公众”。
枪击事件后进行的毒理学检测显示，马丁内斯体内含有酒精和大麻。代表马丁内斯家人的律师查尔斯·斯塔姆（Charles Stam）在被问及该检测时表示，马丁内斯”从未因涉嫌醉酒或酒后驾车或任何此类原因被拦下”。
“重要的是要记住，当鲁本失去生命时，他的车处于停车状态，就在那名ICE警官的三发子弹穿过车窗射入他的胸部后，奥尔塔先生的声明称，他的最后一句话是’对不起，先生’，”斯塔姆补充道。”这不是一个构成威胁的人。”
“我们家的光”
雷耶斯认为，她儿子的死亡与明尼阿波利斯的蕾妮·古德（Renee Good）和亚历克斯·普雷蒂（Alex Pretti）的致命枪击事件有一些相似之处。她指出，这三起案件中的受害者都是美国公民，被移民探员杀害。她认为，在这三起案件中，政府都用”冷酷的言辞”来”歪曲”联邦探员的行为。
但雷耶斯也强调了一些不同之处，她说她的儿子不是抗议者。
“他只是一个寻找春假生日庆祝活动的年轻人，”她说。
雷耶斯描述他是一个”谦逊”的年轻人，在亚马逊仓库工作，喜欢音乐、汽车、电子游戏和与朋友聚会。
“他是我们家的光，”她说。”他总是能逗我们笑。”
当被问及最想念儿子什么时，雷耶斯说：”只是他的陪伴。”
“就是他在那里，你知道吗？我很伤心，因为我永远不会看到他的孩子，或者他热切期待的希望和梦想，”她说。”这一切都被夺走了。我觉得这是可以预防的。”
A Trump voter whose son was killed by ICE is calling for an end to “abuse and impunity” at the agency
2026-03-06T06:00:17-0500 / CBS News
Austin, Texas — Rachel Reyes’ son, 23-year-old American citizen Ruben Ray Martinez, was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent nearly one year ago. But she said she’s still trying to understand why.
Reyes said she has not received any videos, evidence or official reports related to her son’s killing in March 2025. While Martinez’ death was reported at the time, ICE’s involvement was not publicly disclosed until last month, nearly 11 months later.
“I just want to know what happened, why they feel it was justified, and I honestly don’t believe that. I’m not a mother in denial. I’m just a mother in doubt, because I know my son and I know he’s not a threat,” Reyes told CBS News during her first TV interview since her son’s death.
“I think just knowing the truth will give me closure,” she added.
Reyes, an American citizen born and raised in Texas, said her family has deep respect for law enforcement officials and noted she voted for President Trump in 2024. But she said the federal government urgently needs to reform how immigration agents conduct their duties.
“I don’t blame President Trump for the death of my son, ’cause he wasn’t the one who pulled the trigger,” Reyes said. “But I do think that something needs to be changed in that department as far as the pattern of violence or abuse and impunity.”
Rachel Reyes with photos of her son, Ruben Ray Martinez, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent on South Padre Island, Texas, in March 2025. CBS News
She took issue with the Department of Homeland Security’s statement saying an ICE agent fired “defensive shots” into Martinez’s vehicle during the March 15, 2025 incident on South Padre Island, Texas. DHS accused Martinez of ignoring directions and “intentionally” running over an ICE agent with his vehicle.
She said DHS’ statement “adds insult to injury, because there was no officer run over and there was no officer injured, and there’s contradicting statements, and that makes me distrustful.”
DHS’ account of the incident was disputed by Joshua Orta, Martinez’s close friend and a passenger of the vehicle during the fatal shooting. Orta said in a draft declaration, shared and prepared by Martinez’s lawyers, that his friend “did not hit anyone.” Orta died in a separate car crash last month, before he could sign the declaration and testify.
Reyes said she does not believe DHS’ version of events, and that she has yet to see any evidence to support it.
“He was not a violent person. He was not aggressive,” she said of her son.
Rachel Reyes looks at a photo of her son, Ruben Ray Martinez, CBS News
Dueling accounts of fatal shooting
Reyes said her son had traveled with Orta to South Padre Island that weekend to celebrate his birthday. She said it was his first time leaving the San Antonio area without his family.
An internal ICE report that aligns with the March 2025 incident said the federal agents involved were helping South Padre Island police officers direct traffic in the late-night hours after a car accident. The report, disclosed through a public records request by the non-profit American Oversight, said the driver of a blue Ford “failed to follow instructions” when approaching the area. After commands from the agents, the report said the vehicle “slowed to a stop.” The agents, the report added, surrounded the car and ordered the driver to exit the vehicle.
The report said the driver “accelerated forward” and struck one of the ICE agents. At that point, according to the report, another ICE agent fired “multiple rounds” at the driver through an open side window. The driver was given first aid and then transferred to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
In a draft declaration, Orta claimed he and Martinez came across police officers in South Padre Island after having “a few drinks” at a friend’s condo, unsuccessfully trying to enter a club, spending a couple of hours at a pool party and getting food at Whataburger. Orta said one law enforcement officer saw that they had an open container of alcohol in the car Martinez was driving. The officer told them to “turn around and leave,” Orta recounted. Then, Orta alleged, another officer “walked up to our car (and) slapped the hood.”
Ruben Ray Martinez Rachel Reyes via AP
“I later learned that the trooper’s report said that Ruben had ‘hit’ the officer. That’s not true. I was present, and I state clearly and without hesitation that Ruben did not hit anyone,” his declaration said. “The trooper seemed to be trying to get in front of the car, like he wasn’t moving out of the way when we tried to turn around and leave like the police officer told us to do.”
Orta said he saw two or three officers who yelled at them to “stop.” He said he saw them draw their guns.
“This was crazy to me because we were only crawling, like the car was in gear, but just coasting. Ruben never hit the gas,” Orta said. “The troopers were never in danger from Ruben and could have easily stepped aside while we tried to turn around and leave.”
Orta said an agent, who he later learned worked for ICE, then “approached the driver’s side” of the car as they were attempting to turn around.
“Without giving any warning, commands, or opportunity to comply, the agent fired multiple shots at Ruben from an extremely close distance — no more than two feet,” Orta said. “I heard Ruben say, ‘I’m sorry,’ and then he slumped backward.”
The Texas Department of Public Safety has been the lead agency investigating the fatal shooting of Martinez, but it has yet to release any findings publicly. After CBS News submitted a series of questions, including about Reyes’ comments, a spokesperson for Texas DPS said on Thursday its “investigation is complete” and that it would release records related to the shooting sometime Friday.
Last month, a grand jury rejected criminal charges in the March 15, 2025 shooting.
In a statement to CBS News, DHS said, “This incident was investigated by the state authorities and presented to a grand jury who unanimously found no criminality.” The agency said the ICE agent who shot Martinez discharged his firearm to “protect himself, his fellow agents, and the general public.”
A toxicology screen conducted after the shooting detected alcohol and marijuana in Martinez’s system. Asked about the screen, Charles Stam, an attorney representing Martinez’s family, said Martinez “was never stopped on suspicion of public intoxication or driving under the influence or anything of that nature.”
“It’s important to bear in mind that when Ruben lost his life, his car was in park, and right after those three bullets came through the window and went into his chest from that ICE officer, Mr. Orta’s statement, said that he said, ‘I’m sorry, sir,’ as his last words,” Stam added. “This was not someone who posed a threat.”
“The light of our house”
Reyes believes there are some similarities between her son’s death and the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. They were all U.S. citizens killed by immigration agents, she noted. In the three cases, she argued, the government used “cold words” to “misrepresent” the actions of federal agents.
But Reyes also highlighted some differences, saying her son was not a protester.
“He was just a young guy looking for a spring break birthday celebration,” she said.
Reyes described him as a “humble” young man who worked at an Amazon warehouse and who enjoyed music, cars, video games and hanging out with friends.
“He was just the light of our house,” she said. “He would always make us laugh.”
Asked what she misses the most about her son, Reyes said, “Just his presence.”
“Just him being there, you know? And I’m sad because I’m never going to see his children or, you know, like the hopes and dreams that he had, (that) he was enthusiastically looking forward to,” she said. “It was just taken from us. And I feel it was preventable.”