https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2026/01/23/ice-launches-investigation-ace-of-spade-cardsICE condemned the placing of ace of spade cards on vehicles in Eagle County, adding it's investigating the incident, the agency said Friday.The big picture: The cards were found inside two abandoned cars belonging to people who ICE detained in the Western Slope county on Wednesday, Alex Sanchez, president and CEO of Voces Unidas, tells us.According to Sanchez, family members of the people detained found the cards, which were printed with the address of an ICE field office and detention facility in Aurora. Voces Unidas is an immigrant advocacy nonprofit based in Glenwood Springs that provides resources and legal aid to people in 15 counties in the region. Between the lines: U.S. soldiers used the ace of spades as an intimidation tactic during the Vietnam War, something Voces Unidas in a blog post Wednesday alleged immigration authorities were attempting to replicate.Why it matters: The incident arrives as the federal law enforcement agency supercharged under President Trump faces continued scrutiny over its tactics.State of play: ICE "unequivocally condemned" the incident, noting supervisors "acted swiftly to address the issue," per a statement provided to Axios on Friday from an unnamed Department of Homeland Security spokesperson."The ICE Office of Professional Responsibility will conduct a thorough investigation and will take appropriate and swift action," the statement continues.
>>1482682Remember the Joker cards from The Dark Knight? Anyway, these ICE cards are left at the vehicles of people they have abducted as a warning and an advertisement for anyone who might stop and see what happened.
>BANG>he didn't protest so good>alotta loyalty for a hired protestor
ICE is probably doing it themselves.Problem, reaction, solution.I don't believe a word the government says.
>>1482723>new villain in town, The SpadeThat's Ace to you, bitch.. of spades
>>1482847It's a gang thing that goes way back. A gang or crime org wanted to take credit for a hit, so they would leave a distinctive marker at the scene. Mafia used to use fishwrap. Urban gangs tage the scene but they used to use playing cards.Gangs in Brooklyn would leave the Queen of Spades at a hit, since they are from the borough of Queens and the QS is the "suicide queen".The message of course is that ICE is a violent gang with no one controlling them, so the populace should be terrified of them. That is the entire point of what is going on.
>>1482673IF YOU LIKE TO GAMBLE I TELL YOU I'M YOUR MAN YOU WIN SOME YOU LOSE SOME IT'S ALL THE SAME TO ME
>>1482868Lemmy didn't die, he just left in his Silver Machine.
>>1482673THE ACE OF SPADESTHE SPACE OF AIDS
>>1482902THE DEAD MAN'S HAND AGAIN
>>1482673>acted swiftly to address the issueIn other words they did nothing given they're openly defending murderers.
>>1482673Oh wow I thought it was like, normal playing cards. No they're literally ICE branded.
>le scary playing cardThe mistake was it not being a normal business card for the regional ICE office.
>>1483617You know if you want to beat the thug allegations maybe don't leave behind a variation on a literal gang sign at the scene of your 'law enforcement'.
>>1483635That's why they were told to stop using the AoS business cards.
>>1483635All organizations are basically gangs if you think about it, and government is a protection racket.
>>1484188The whole point of government is you try to put a gang in power that is both predicable and tolerable to the majority of citizens.
>>1482673What "violent gang?" You retarded retard.
