Crime & Safety
Food Truck Owner Says 2 Detained By Feds On Southeast Side Worked For His Fiancée, Also Detained
Perez says Geraldo was working at this food truck in South Deering when he found out about federal agents in the area.
October 16, 2025
Questions and concerns linger one day after federal agents chased and crashed into a vehicle that led to a chaotic scene where they set off tear gas canisters on the city's Southeast Side.
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One man says he knows the two people who were detained and accused of ramming their SUV into a federal agent's vehicle, which prompted the chase.
Jaime Perez said the two people arrested from a red SUV on Tuesday, whom he calls Geraldo and Gina, are food vendors who worked for his fiancée. He said he believes they were targeted for being Hispanic vendors, as the same thing happened to his fiancée, who was detained nearly three weeks ago.
