Hunter
10/21/25
An immigrant worker at the Bread Garden Market who was publicly detained by ICE agents last month has been indicted by a grand jury.
The Press Citizen reports Jorge Gonzalez Ochoa has been charged with fraud and misuse of documents, use of an immigration identification document that was not lawfully issued and false representation of a social security document.
Gonzalez was arrested at the Bread Garden on September 25th; bystander video of the arrest went viral. Eschucha Mi Voz Iowa called the arrest a “kidnapping.” An ICE statement shared with the newspaper said Gonzalez was in the country illegally, and his arrest, based on a fraud investigation, was, in their words, “a lawful, intelligence-driven enforcement action.”
The federal charges were issued on October 9th. A warrant was signed on the 11th, and Gonzalez was apprehended October 15th, according to court records. He is currently being held in the Muscatine County Jail under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Marshals Service.
González did not appear in ICE’s online database on Monday, nor does he appear in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons’ online database.
The Gazette reports Gonzalez was in court yesterday afternoon in the US District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in Davenport. Supporters overflowed the courtroom and necessitated a second room be set up to stream the proceedings. The detention hearing was to determine whether Gonzalez will be contained in the custody of the Marshals or be released on bond. If the latter occurs, he most likely would be taken directly into ICE custody, and could be deported before the federal charges are resolved.