U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt this week ordered the government to pay more than $2 million in damages over the death of Ulises Valladares.

A federal judge has awarded nearly $2 million in damages as part of a civil lawsuit after concluding an FBI agent was negligent when he fatally shot a kidnapped Texas man during a botched rescue attempt in 2018.

When FBI agents arrived at the place where a victim was being held for ransom, one agent fired two rounds, killing the man, who was blindfolded at the time.