Eyewitness accounts of FHP, the detention of border migrants during the storage of wealth
Editor nOte: Three TCPALL reporters saw the attack on this article.
Two Florida Highway Patrol troopers were pulled over behind the dentd, wearing Tan arfenan and Georgia plates, and proceeded to approach the chaos as it drove down Orange Avenue in Fort Pierce.
TOOPERS stopped the van around 1 PM Oct. 21, and immediately there were three other cars driving by, both marked FHP and surprised. A helicopter flew overhead.
The van was carrying six locations that were on the road during the day after working all day under the hot Florida sun. The suspects, all Hispanic, are from Georgia and live at Fort Pierciall for work, said Guadalupe Tovar, who knows him in a WhatsApp group and lives near where he was detained.
Troopers placed the four men in handcuffs and waited on the road for about an hour before taking them into the back of their vehicles. They were arrested for working without proper documents, officials told them.
As soon as the convoy turned off its lights and left and the helicopter took off, the soldiers left behind two young men, whom Tovari claimed to be Tovar and they were. One was bent on a ball on the side of the road. One is clearly looking at the tears in his eyes.
“They took his brother,” said Tovar. “The pressure will be very heavy on them.”
Two Florida Highway Patrol vehicles pull over a Ford E-350 Van with a license plate at Orange Avenue and Vista Court, Oct. 2125, about 1 PM, Fort Pierce. Three unspecified vehicles were involved in a traffic stop where landscapers with four purces, were arrested following a traffic stop. Troopers placed the four in handcuffs as a Florida Highway Patrol helicopter circled the scene for about 45 minutes.
The boys did not want to be named, but told their stories to TCPAM, which typically cites anonymous sources.
Tovar brought ice water to the boys as they waited under a palm tree to take them to where they lived. The van remained empty with its accidents still shining.
Neighbors from all directions approached the boys and asked if they needed help. Others left and called to them in Spanish and English to offer a ride.
“This is all very bad,” Tovar said. “They didn’t come here to do anything bad. They came here to work.”
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White buses that look like the ones that enter alcatraz alcatraz are seen at the corner of Commerce avenue and Fisher street, Oct. 21, 2025, in Stuart. The increase in migration activity began on Oct. 17, although it is not known how much was arrested.
This was the latest arrest of migration in the sea fracturing that began on Oct. 17, according to Florida data and social media posts.
Most of those arrested were at Fort Pierce and Golden Gate, Stuart’s most important Spartan stronghold. So far the operation has included high-tech equipment, such as helicopters and bus shelters.
Although it is not known how many sightings have been made, a Florida Fistration data report shows that arrests made by local law enforcement began to increase Oct. 17. The data does not include arrests made by Federal officials.
Martin County has the third-highest number of immigration-related arrests in the state, with more than 400 as of Aug. 1, according to state data. The FHP made 2,844 arrests and Polk County made 454 arrests.
FHP did not respond to requests for comment. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed in TCPalm a RAID Oct. 8 at umied underground in Stuart, but did not have other details. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office told TCPAM it is not involved in any immigration activity.
Border detention at Stuart, Port St Lucie
Two Florida Highway Patrol vehicles pull over a Ford E-350 Van with a license plate at Orange Avenue and Vista Court, Oct. 2125, about 1 PM, Fort Pierce. Three unspecified vehicles were involved in a traffic stop where landscapers with four purces, were arrested following a traffic stop. Troopers placed the four in handcuffs as a Florida Highway Patrol helicopter circled the scene for about 45 minutes.
Stuart Redident Rovin Garcia saw border patrol arrest three people around 6:20 AM Oct. 21 Outside Carniceria La TamauliPAS Storey Hixiast.
“I was starting to get food when two white vans pulled up and four big guys came out and arrested them,” Garcia told TCPalm. “They were just waiting on the benches hoping to get a job.”
At about the same time, masked agents were going door to door across from the Walmart Rupercenter on Southwest Gatlin Boulevard in Port St. Lucy.
“They came in two unique vehicles,” Port St Lucie Resident Yaneth Lopez told TCPALM. “They went around knocking on doors for 15 minutes, but no one answered.”
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Masks Agents Agents Agests tied the holding area with the custom, taken on Oct. 21, 2025, Port. St. Lucie, Fla.
There have been many sightings posted on social media.
One photo taken at 11:30 AM Oct. 21 shows agents placing a man in an SUV at Orange Avenue near La Haciendita Super Taquria in Fort Pierce. Another video that shows the same day shows massed Border Patrol agents using land on the streets of Port St. Lucy.
“We are all the same person, the same humanity, who have to endure what is happening,” said Tovar. “I hope people see that.”
Jack Lenus is a business reporter for TCPAMS. Contact him at Jack.lemsus@tcpamm.com, 772-409-1345, or follow him at X @Jacklemvus.
This article originally appeared in the Treasure Coast Newspapers: FHP, Border Patrol Deployment Border Attacks, Arrests in Fort Pierce, Stuart
