ICE agents detain, charge Postville man
NIGEL DUARA • REGISTER STAFF WRITER • June 23, 2008

A Postville man was detained today on a busy street corner by immigration-enforcement agents in plainclothes.

Eduardo Ixen, a handyman who worked with real-estate firm GAL Investments, LTD., was detained this afternoon by two agents based on a tip, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Tim Counts.

Ixen was charged with the being in the country illegally, Counts said, but said he didn’t know where Ixen was taken or what time he was arrested.

“All I can say is that all of our agents act on specifics pieces of intelligence,â€