Biography
Sergio Salazar, known as Mapache, participated in San Antonio's Occupy ICE encampment. Federal agents detained him on August 3, 2018, after his DACA renewal was denied. His lawyers alleged retaliation for protesting; ICE denied it, and officials alleged threatening online posts. He initially sought voluntary departure, then accepted deportation to Mexico in September 2018. This profile distinguishes disputed allegations from criminal convictions and does not conflate him with other detainees named Sergio Salazar.
Case history and verification
Sergio Salazar, known as Mapache, participated in San Antonio's Occupy ICE encampment. Federal agents detained him on August 3, 2018, after his DACA renewal was denied. His lawyers alleged retaliation for protesting; ICE denied it, and officials alleged threatening online posts. He initially sought voluntary departure, then accepted deportation to Mexico in September 2018. This profile distinguishes disputed allegations from criminal convictions and does not conflate him with other detainees named Sergio Salazar.
Status reviewed October 8, 2026: Deported to Mexico in September 2018. The exact day custody ended is not asserted. No current ICE custody is verified.
Sources
- San Antonio Express-News: arrest and competing accounts, August 2018
- Deceleration: deportation and post-removal interview, October 2018
- Post-deportation interview with Mapache
Biographical details and photo sources
Reported age: 18 at his August 2018 detention, according to reporting by Ryan Devereaux and Cora Currier. Their 2019 article explicitly reports that he was born in Ciudad Juarez in 1999. Only the birth year is verified. This is a dated historical age, not a statement of current age.
Photo: Courtesy photograph published by the San Antonio Express-News/MySA. The caption identifies Sergio Salazar examining a camera. Photo source and caption.
Duration consistency review October 13, 2026: The stored exact day count has been cleared because this case does not have verified day-precision confinement endpoints or an independently documented exact number of days served. Existing approximate durations and sentencing descriptions are retained. No missing date has been guessed.
