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Salvadoran illegal wanted for connection to murder attempts to RUN DOWN ICE agents
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot a man in California on Tuesday, after he allegedly “weaponized his vehicle” and tried to run over an officer, according to the acting director of ICE.
The ICE agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in the Central Valley town of Patterson to arrest Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, who is allegedly a member of the 18th Street Gang wanted in El Salvador for questioning in connection to a murder, according to authorities. That gang is based in Los Angeles and has more than 100,000 members, according to federal authorities.
“As officers approached the car, the wanted gang member weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over,” said Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, in a statement.
“Following their training, our officers fired defensive shots to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and the public,” Lyons said. “The illegal alien was taken to a local hospital.”
“The FBI is on the scene,” he said. “This is a developing situation and we will update the public when more information is available.”
The shooting comes amid a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security that began in February when Democrats in Congress balked at voting for continued funding of the department if it included money for ICE and parts of Customs and Border Protection.
DHS has faced strong criticism since January, when federal agents engaged in immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis in separate incidents, shot and killed two U.S. citizens.
The ICE agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in the Central Valley town of Patterson to arrest Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, who is allegedly a member of the 18th Street Gang wanted in El Salvador for questioning in connection to a murder, according to authorities. That gang is based in Los Angeles and has more than 100,000 members, according to federal authorities.
“As officers approached the car, the wanted gang member weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over,” said Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, in a statement.
“Following their training, our officers fired defensive shots to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and the public,” Lyons said. “The illegal alien was taken to a local hospital.”
“The FBI is on the scene,” he said. “This is a developing situation and we will update the public when more information is available.”
The shooting comes amid a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security that began in February when Democrats in Congress balked at voting for continued funding of the department if it included money for ICE and parts of Customs and Border Protection.
DHS has faced strong criticism since January, when federal agents engaged in immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis in separate incidents, shot and killed two U.S. citizens.
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Galaga 2 weeks ago
leftists want this third would bullshit in the US
Zatoichi 5 days ago
@Galaga They're naive, all they pay attention to is bungled foreign policy, racism ghosts of the past and think the complete reversal, opposite is the only answer to be enlightened and righteous, just,
but the thing is they don't live the reality firsthand regarding what that actually ends up doing
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