A disturbing image shared by Senator Patty Murray has been reverberating across the internet. 

It shows a man’s torso, his right side covered in wounds - lacerations, scratch marks, bite marks - after he was mauled by an immigration agent’s canine. Blood splatters the sheets below him.

The man, Wilmer Toledo-Martinez of Vancouver, Washington, was detained outside his home last month by federal agents. 

Senator Murray and Wilmer’s family are calling for his release – and calling out the violent treatment he received at the hands of immigration officers.

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Olia Catala is Wilmer Toledo-Martinez’s attorney, and the owner of Catala Immigration PLLC

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Senator: ICE dog attack on WA man ‘should shock the conscience’ - Seattle Times
Vancouver man speaks for first time since viral video of ICE arrest - OPB

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A disturbing image <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/murray.senate.gov/post/3m7by2ckiz227">shared </a>by Senator Patty Murray has been reverberating across the internet.&nbsp;
It shows a man&rsquo;s torso, his right side covered in wounds - lacerations, scratch marks, bite marks - after he was mauled by an immigration agent&rsquo;s canine. Blood splatters the sheets below him.
The man, Wilmer Toledo-Martinez of Vancouver, Washington, was detained outside his home last month by federal agents.&nbsp;
Senator Murray and Wilmer&rsquo;s family are calling for his release &ndash; and calling out the violent treatment he received at the hands of immigration officers.
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<li>Olia Catala is Wilmer Toledo-Martinez&rsquo;s attorney, and the owner of Catala Immigration PLLC</li>
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/murray-ice-dog-attack-on-wa-man-should-shock-the-conscience/">Senator: ICE dog attack on WA man &lsquo;should shock the conscience&rsquo; - Seattle Times</a></li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/08/vancouver-man-speaks-for-first-time-since-viral-video-of-ice-arrest/">Vancouver man speaks for first time since viral video of ICE arrest - OPB</a><a href="mailto:?subject=Vancouver%20man%20speaks%20for%20first%20time%20since%20viral%20video%20of%20ICE%20arrest%20&amp;body=https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/08/vancouver-man-speaks-for-first-time-since-viral-video-of-ice-arrest/" aria-label="share by email"></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/08/vancouver-man-speaks-for-first-time-since-viral-video-of-ice-arrest/" aria-label="share to facebook"></a><a href="https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/08/vancouver-man-speaks-for-first-time-since-viral-video-of-ice-arrest/" aria-label="share to bluesky"></a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/08/vancouver-man-speaks-for-first-time-since-viral-video-of-ice-arrest/" aria-label="share to linkedin"></a></li>
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A Vancouver, Washington man was mauled by Customs and Border Protection K9 during an immigration arrest. His attorney says his treatment is part of a pattern of abuse happening in service of expanded immigration enforcement.

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