A man whose arrest by federal officers at a St. Paul gas station was captured in videos and photos, and led to community concerns about his condition, is being held at a detention facility in Texas.
Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano, 27, was able to briefly speak with his sister Tuesday morning.
“He told me he was very hurt, but we only spoke for a few seconds and couldn’t go into detail,” said Conseulo Henríquez Serrano on Thursday. He told her he had not received medical attention and she hasn’t been able to reach him since to find out how he is doing.
Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano stopped at the Speedway at Snelling and Portland avenues in St. Paul for gas on Sunday. He doesn’t have a criminal history, according to a GoFundMe (gofund.me/15cef07b7) started for his family to hire an attorney for him.
The arrest was made by Border Patrol, according to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Homeland Security. It didn’t name Henríquez Serrano, but referenced video from the scene. He was from Honduras and was issued a final order of removal in 2020, according to Homeland Security. A search of Minnesota court records did not turn up any records with his name.
“The subject refused to obey lawfully given orders and during that time a crowd formed,” said the Homeland Security post. “After multiple warnings and several minutes,” Border Patrol broke the window of the vehicle and arrested the driver.
“During the arrest, the crowd continued to surround Border Patrol who tried to push them back for the safety of everyone,” the post continued. “One US citizen did not comply with the lawfully given order and instead responded by hitting an officer and was arrested.”
U.S. Border Patrol agents take an activist into custody following an altercation at a gas station on Jan. 11, 2026 in St. Paul. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
When Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano was dragged out of his car, his leg — for which he’d undergone surgery after a car crash — was injured, according to the GoFundMe.
He was restrained by several agents and lost consciousness. “He was then brutally dragged and handled while unable to move or respond,” said the GoFundMe. “Videos show visible wounds on his face and chest during the incident.”
Conseulo Henríquez Serrano said her brother “didn’t deserve to be attacked like that.”
“He wasn’t a criminal, nor was he a threat to the officers; he was just a person who was afraid, afraid to get out of the car and be assaulted, afraid of being sent back to a country he didn’t want to return to,” she said. She added in a video on TikTok that all he wanted was “to live a quiet and peaceful life, with a stable job.”
Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino, responding to a post on X, wrote that Orbin Mauricio Henríquez Serrano “refused to roll the window down as 5 minutes of us asking nicely (too long). This illegal alien sure wasn’t going to be allowed to drive away.”
An ICE website with information about detainees shows Henríquez Serrano is being held at a detention center in El Paso, Texas.
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