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Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:23 PM 8 hrs ago

Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests

Juan Leon had only been running his tow truck business, Leo's Towing, for a few months when he noticed a pattern that kept repeating itself. Cars were being left behind across the Twin Cities metro area – parked on streets, in parking lots, sometimes for days at a time. The owners were gone, and in many cases, they had been arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Seeing there was a need for someone to help out, help clear the streets and get the people back their vehicles. So we stepped up and started doing it," Leon said. By late December, Leon and his small towing crew decided to do something about it – all thanks to observers calling in and reporting these vehicles.

"Families reach out to us. If the family isn't reaching out, we'll find a way to get inside the vehicle and we'll bring it back to their house and put it in a safe spot," Leon said.

They began picking up vehicles and returning them to the families of those arrested – free of charge. Donations began pouring in all across the country, supporting Leon's cause, but not without a cost to their personal safety.

"When they doxxed me, they put all my information out there," Leon said. "For the last three weeks, we have been getting nothing but death threats."

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/twin-cities-tow-truck-driver-returns-abandoned-vehicles-ice-arrests/

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Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests (Original Post) question everything 8 hrs ago OP
Remind me... dickthegrouch 7 hrs ago #1
He's a saint MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #2
Right? sboatcar 7 hrs ago #3
Thank you, Juan Leon. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 7 hrs ago #4
A good dude. Joinfortmill 7 hrs ago #5
There are many more good people than not. mysteryowl 7 hrs ago #6
As if we needed even more confirmation of the evil nature of the RWNJs in this country, now they are not...... FadedMullet 6 hrs ago #7
And, as expected: "we have been getting nothing but death threats." Grins 6 hrs ago #8
Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd 2 hrs ago #9
Good stuff. n/t flvegan 1 hr ago #10

dickthegrouch

(4,389 posts)
1. Remind me...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:41 PM
7 hrs ago

Who are the violent criminals????

This is not a pattern of incompetence.
JUDGES: You are on the hook for STOPPING this. Your complicity is being noted.

FadedMullet

(785 posts)
7. As if we needed even more confirmation of the evil nature of the RWNJs in this country, now they are not......
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:46 PM
6 hrs ago

....satisfied with hurting immigrants but need to terrorize those trying to help them

Grins

(9,328 posts)
8. And, as expected: "we have been getting nothing but death threats."
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:51 PM
6 hrs ago

Aren’t they adorable?????

He should file an individual complaint for each call to the FBI

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