No Charges for Cops Who Executed Innocent Grandpa on His Own Property—With a Bullet in His Back (Video)

Another day, another state-sanctioned killing swept under the rug. This time, it’s the story of Osvaldo Cueli, a 59-year-old grandfather who was shot and killed by two plainclothes Miami-Dade police detectives on his own land. There were no body cams, no warning, and no charges.

According to a closeout memo from the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, detectives Mario Fernandez and Jorge Sanchez won’t face any consequences for killing Cueli. The memo claims there wasn’t enough “competent evidence” to determine whether the shooting was justified. That’s always the excuse, isn’t it?

Despite the nine bullet holes in the windshield of the officers’ unmarked truck, originally spun as proof Cueli had fired on them, it turns out those shots were fired from inside the truck. The cops fired through their own windshield. They were in unmarked vehicles with tinted windows and, according to the family, never announced themselves.

Cueli had walked out to the edge of his property with a firearm holstered at his waist. He thought he saw trespassers. His daughter said he rarely carried a gun but had grown concerned about safety. That day, two black trucks pulled up to the gate. According to his son, they blocked the entrance and opened fire without warning. His father never raised his weapon. They didn’t identify themselves. They didn’t turn on any lights. They just started shooting.

“They both came really close to the trees, and they blocked us in,” Osvaldo, Cueli’s son, told New Times. “They started shooting from inside the car, and they didn’t have any lights on. They didn’t announce themselves. They didn’t put down the windows, and the windows were blacked out.”

Cueli was shot in the back. The autopsy confirmed it. The bullet passed through his aorta and lung before lodging in his arm. The cops say they found a pistol two feet from his body. But the family says there was no gun near him in the video footage. Their attorney is calling out the memo for its omissions and contradictions.

As Cueli lay bleeding on the ground, one of the officers casually stepped over his body and said, “We identified ourselves.” His daughter captured the moment on video.

The officers then detained the entire family. They were kept in the back of police cars for hours while their father and grandfather bled out in the dirt.

“Their main concern was to get me and my brother out of the property and onto the road away from my dad,” she told New Times. “They weren’t trying to help him. They had all of us detained for various hours along the road.”

Assistant State Attorneys claim that an exchange of gunfire took place, but they also admit there’s no video, no bodycams, and both cops refused to give statements. Still, they somehow found enough justification to walk away from this without even a slap on the wrist.

They threw in the detail that Cueli had cocaine in his system, as if that justifies anything. As if that gives two detectives the right to show up unannounced and start shooting.

This wasn’t a firefight. It was a reckless, chaotic mess. And it cost a man his life.

Cueli didn’t hurt anyone. He didn’t fire on anyone. He was on his own land, trying to protect his family. For that, he was executed.

Once again, the system protects its own. The cops walk. The family grieves. And the message is clear: if you’re armed on your own property and don’t immediately recognize state authority—even when it looks like a threat—you can be killed, and no one will be held accountable.

Article posted with permission from Matt Agorist