Federal and local authorities are investigating the alleged beating of a Mexican citizen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in St. Paul, Minnesota, last month, which resulted in eight skull fractures. The incident, which left Alberto Castañeda Mondragón hospitalized in intensive care, is being probed by the St. Paul Police Department and the FBI, according to CBS News.
Investigators canvassed a shopping center parking lot where Mondragón claims ICE agents wrestled him from a vehicle, threw him to the ground, and struck him repeatedly with a steel baton, CBS News reported. ICE has disputed Mondragón's account, stating he attempted to flee while handcuffed and "fell and hit his head against a concrete wall." However, hospital staff who treated the man reportedly contradicted this version of events, according to the Associated Press.
In other news, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questioning in a Los Angeles courtroom regarding Instagram's under-13 users and the company's engagement goals, as a trial examines whether Meta knowingly offered an addictive and harmful product to children and teens, CBS News reported. The trial, which began in late January, centers on allegations that the platform's design, including recommendation algorithms and infinite scrolling, is inherently addictive. Zuckerberg was questioned by KGM's lawyer, Mark Lanier, about Meta's policies.
The U.S. is planning to withdraw approximately 1,000 remaining troops from Syria over the next two months, ending a nearly decade-long military presence as part of the fight against ISIS, U.S. officials told CBS News. Troops had already departed from the al Tanf garrison and the al Shaddadi base earlier this year. The U.S. has been in Syria since 2015, supporting an anti-ISIS coalition that included the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
In other developments, a man was detained by police after exhibiting "unruly and unlawful behavior towards other customers" on a Delta flight, causing the flight to return to Houston shortly after takeoff, according to ABC News. The flight was en route to Atlanta. Delta stated that the safety of its customers and crew is paramount and that it has "zero tolerance for unruly behavior."
Finally, former Michigan Wolverines head football coach Sherrone Moore secured a legal victory when a judge granted a request for a hearing to learn more about the investigation that led to criminal charges against him, Fox News reported. Moore was arrested in December hours after being fired as head coach. He was accused of entering the apartment of a woman he was having an extramarital affair with and threatening to kill himself in front of her.
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