ICE Barbie Charges Wrong Man With Trump Threat

CNN reports:

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted a stunning allegation on Wednesday: A undocumented migrant sent a letter threatening to kill President Donald Trump, promising to “self deport” after the assassination. The story was picked up by multiple news outlets. The president’s allies used it to highlight what they see as the dangers of undocumented migrants and the work of the administration to boot them out of the country.

The problem: Investigators believe the migrant was a victim of a setup. Law enforcement believes the man, Ramon Morales Reyes, 54, never wrote the letter, which was sent to an ICE office and other law enforcement agencies. Instead, investigators suspect the letter was intended to benefit a separate individual who is currently awaiting trial in a robbery and assault case in which Reyes is a victim. They do not consider the threat to be credible.

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Story is here. It suggests @DHSgov and @Sec_Noem fell for an obvious fake; the letter had cringey lines like “We are tired of this president messing with us Mexicans.”

They had the VICTIM arrested and displayed on social media BEFORE an investigation.https://t.co/EvEn8rvAII

— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) May 30, 2025