Another Alex Pretti Video from 11 Days Before His Death Reveals New Details – What We Know

A disturbing new video has emerged showing a man believed to be Alex Pretti clashing with federal agents in Minneapolis, just 11 days before he was fatally gunned down by U.S. Border Patrol officers.

The footage, recorded on January 13, 2026, by a documentary crew during tense protests in Minneapolis, captures what appears to be Pretti in a chaotic and aggressive confrontation with federal agents.

In the video, the man spits at the agents before kicking a government vehicle, shattering its back light in the process. An agent is then seen leaping from the vehicle, pursuing the man on foot, and forcefully tackling him to the ground.

The man, strongly believed to be Pretti, has what looks like a handgun tucked into his waistband, an image now being carefully reviewed by the Department of Homeland Security.

The video offers only a glimpse, and it's unclear what unfolded before or after the dramatic moments captured on camera. Authorities have not revealed how or why Pretti initially came under federal scrutiny.

Federal Agents Were Tracking Protesters

According to sources who spoke with CNN, federal immigration officers operating in Minneapolis were actively gathering personal information about protesters and so-called agitators in the city. Among those documented was Alex Pretti.

Roughly a week before his death, Pretti suffered a broken rib when he was tackled by federal officers during a protest, as he tried to intervene in what he believed was the unlawful detention of others, sources claim. However, how Pretti was tracked and identified remains a mystery.

The outlet also obtained a memo sent earlier this month to federal agents temporarily deployed in Minneapolis. The memo instructed agents to "capture all images, license plates, identifications, and general information on hotels, agitators, protestors, etc., so we can capture it all in one consolidated form."

In response to these explosive claims, the Department of Homeland Security issued a terse statement, "DHS law enforcement has no record of this incident."