An immigrant taken into custody when ICE agents smashed his car's window in New Bedford, Massachusetts, last month was released from custody on Thursday. Juan Francisco Méndez spoke to NBC10 Boston as soon as he stepped out of an ICE office in Burlington, where he was brought from a jail in New Hampshire after a judge granted him a $1,500 bond. Wearing an ankle monitor, Méndez said he couldn't think of anything other than seeing his family again after being wrongfully detained for a month. “What I want is to see my family at this moment, that’s all I wish,” Mendez said in Spanish after walking out from the ICE building on District Avenue. “For now, I can’t think of anything else. I’ll say more at another time.” Our cameras were rolling when he reunited with his family Thursday. Handout | Telemundo Nueva InglaterraHandout | Telemundo Nueva InglaterraAt right, Juan Francisco Méndez being released from ICE custody on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Burlington, Massachusetts. At left, a still from video of his arrest. Méndez was out for a dentist's appointment on April 14 with his wife when ICE and FBI agents detained him in an incident they caught on video and which quickly was shared around the country. His lawyer has said agents were looking for someone else but they took him into custody anyway. The lawyer, Ondine Galvez-Sniffin, said last week that an immigration judge heard the Guatemalan's case and said the government failed to bring charging documents, which opened the door to Méndez being released. A man who was detained by immigrations authorities in New Bedford had his case dismissed. “The court is going to close this case as a failure to prosecute,” Judge Donald Ostrom said, according to The Boston Globe, which reported that a government lawyer didn't say anything during the hearing. While Méndez' immigration case will continue — he entered the country illegally — his lawyer has high hopes that he and his wife will soon be able to adjust their immigration status as asylees and put the ordeal behind them. “Today's result proves what we've been saying all along during this last month that he was not the intended target,” Galvez-Sniffin said. ICE said in a statement to NBC10 Boston days after Méndez' arrest that he “refused to comply with officers’ instructions and resisted apprehension. ICE concurs with the actions deemed appropriate by the officers on the scene who are trained to use the minimum amount of force necessary to resolve the situation in a manner that ensures the success of the operation and prioritizes the safety of our officers.” However, the agency did not provide an explanation for why Méndez was targeted in the first place or if agents were after a different person. In the video recorded by his wife, agents are heard asking for “Antonio.” A local organization, which wished to remain anonymous, helped Méndez post bail. “The good news about all of this is that it brings people together to support, you know, the possibility of kids seeing their dads again,” the organization's director said. More on the New Bedford ICE arrest