{
  "id": 1247496,
  "title": "ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/ice-shot-a-journalist-and-threw-him-in-detention-hes-approaching-300",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Intercept",
    "slug": "the-intercept",
    "url": "https://theintercept.com/2026/08/16/ricardo-parias-ice-detention-journalist-los-angeles/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a remote section of the California desert, within the confines of the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, Carlitos Ricardo Parias languishes, his body wracked with a gunshot wound that remains untreated and his spirit battered by an unimaginable string of events. As of Monday, the Los Angeles-based journalist will have been incarcerated for an astonishing 300 days, a figure that eclipses the records of other American journalists who dared to protect their sources. While numerous journalists have endured months in jails to safeguard their sources, Parias stands alone as a journalist who has been imprisoned for such an extended period.\n\nParias' story began in October of last year, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers ambushed him, resulting in a gunshot wound that has yet to receive proper medical attention. His ordeal began when he arrived at an immigration raid in South LA, ready to capture the moment on video, as he had done countless times before. Witnesses claim that a federal agent deliberately rammed his vehicle, leaving Parias injured and handcuffed on the sidewalk. Agents failed to provide medical care and instead allowed him to leave, handcuffed and in agony. Surveillance footage shows Parias dodging multiple unmarked vehicles, eventually leading to a violent encounter with agents who shot him in the elbow.\n\nFollowing this violent incident, Parias was rushed to the hospital, where he was denied crucial medication and subjected to a criminal process that failed to consider his condition. Prosecutors charged him with assault on a federal officer, a narrative that glossed over the brutal reality of his capture and the subsequent mistreatment. Despite being granted a local proclamation honoring his journalistic efforts, Parias was denied adequate medical care and basic human compassion during his incarceration. His case is a stark reminder of the dangers journalists face when they dare to uncover the truth, and a chilling reflection of the oppressive power wielded by the U.S. government.",
  "summary": "With the case of Carlitos Ricardo Parias, the U.S. has broken its own record for holding a journalist in custody. The post ICE Shot a Journalist and Threw Him in Detention. He’s Approaching 300 Days Behind Bars With a Festering Wound. appeared first on The Intercept .",
  "key_points": [
    "ICE shot journalist Carlitos Parias in California desert.",
    "Parias held 300 days with untreated gunshot wound.",
    "Journalist faces assault charge for protecting sources."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}