Federal immigration agents reportedly shattered a car window in New Bedford while detaining a Guatemalan man on Monday—despite his attorney saying they had the wrong person.

 

According to immigration attorney Ondine Galvez Sniffin, she received a call from her clients—29-year-old Juan Francisco Mendez and his wife—saying they had been pulled over by federal agents on Tallman Street.

 

“I said, ‘Tell them you have your attorney. Tell them I’m on my way,'” Sniffin told 12 News.

 

While the couple waited, agents reportedly surrounded their car and warned that they could handle things “the easy way or the hard way,” while motioning for them to roll down the windows.

 

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