ICE arrest journalist for Spanish language news in Nashville

Kevin R. Johnson

07 Mar 2026 — 1 min read

Reuters reports that a reporter for alocal news outlet Nashville Noticias was arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Nashville without a warrant. "Nashville Noticias said on Thursday the journalist, Estefany Maria Rodriguez Flores, was taken to an ICE detention center and remained in custody. ICE did not respond to a request for comment." A native of Colombia, Rodriguez Flores has lived in the United States for five years, and "frequently reports on stories critical of ⁠ICE," according to her lawyers in a court filing in the federal court. "The media outlet said the reporter was with her husband outside a gym on Wednesday when the vehicle they were in, which was marked with the Nashville Noticias logo, was surrounded and she was detained."

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