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Prairieland’s proximity to the Dallas area makes it more accessible for lawyers representing clients detained there, the Chavez & Valko site states. The other three facilities in the operations area of ICE’s Dallas field office are in Anson, Eden and Haskill, at least a 3-hour drive west of the Metroplex.
New videos obtained by WFAA show the frantic police response after an Alvarado Police officer was shot in the neck in an attack prosecutors describe as a coordinated ambush outside an ICE detention center on the Fourth of July.
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The officer was shot in the neck on Friday, the night of the Fourth of July, after reporting to the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) southwest of Dallas. He was treated at a hospital and released, the Johnson County Sheriff’s office said.
The suspect, a former U.S. Marine Corps reservist, is accused of joining 11 others in an organized attack against officers at the Prairieland Detention Center.
An Alvarado police officer was shot in the neck responding to a call near Prairieland Detention Center but was treated and released from the hospital, officials say.