The Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz told the Texas Tribune that the jury found no probable cause to move forward in criminal charges against the ICE agent. Attorneys for Martinez’s mother, Rachel Reyes, called the jury’s move “devastating” and questioned what information they were given about the March 2025 shooting.

“We do not know what video evidence they were shown, if any,” Reyes’ attorneys said Thursday. “We do not know if they were shown any statement from eyewitness Joshua Orta, who was clear in a thorough firsthand statement that Ruben’s car was moving slowly and did not hit anyone.”

Orta, 25, died Saturday in a single-car crash in San Antonio

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      Okay, go read how the CANBUS system and fly-by-wire controls work in modern vehicles and then report back to me about how I’m making shit up.

      The technical capability is 1000% there in every single modern vehicle with a cellular modem built-in (been commonplace for awhile now).

      CIA documents leaked all the way back in 2017 showing they have the capability to do this. The proliferation of computer controls in modern vehicles has exploded since then with driver assistance features. Should really not be a surprise, given modern vehicles are a security nightmare as widely reported (I think Mozilla did a comparison of brands).