Ice Agent Dragged For Nearly A Block By Honduran Migrant Attempting To Escape Federal Custody: Authorities

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) supplier was dragged for astir a artifact successful Oklahoma by an forbidden alien from Honduras attempting to flight national custody, authorities said. 

Jose Melgar-Rivas, 34, of Honduras, has since been charged pinch assaulting, resisting aliases impeding a national serviceman resulting successful bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester of nan Western District of Oklahoma announced Wednesday. 

ICE agents pulled complete a conveyance successful Oklahoma City Tuesday, and Melgar-Rivas, a Honduran nationalist and an ICE fugitive, refused nan officer's demands to exit nan vehicle, tribunal documents say.

A struggle ensued arsenic officers attempted to region him, and Melgar-Rivas shifted nan conveyance into thrust and fled, according to a complaint. An ICE serviceman became trapped successful a doorway of nan conveyance arsenic it accelerated. 

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While ICE officers were detaining Honduran forbidden alien Jose Melgar-Rivas, he accelerated his van and dragged an serviceman astir a artifact successful an effort to escape, authorities said.  (ICE)

The serviceman was dragged connected a roadworthy for astir a artifact arsenic Melgar-Rivas tried to escape, nan title says. The serviceman yet freed himself and sustained aggregate injuries. 

ICE said its Enforcement and Removal Operations agents from Dallas were progressive successful nan incident. The agency shared 2 photos showing nan injured agent's scraped, bloodied precocious thigh and a bruised and bandaged arm. 

Melgar-Rivas was arrested respective hours later, prosecutors said. ICE besides shared a photograph pinch an supplier holding each limb of a handcuffed Melgar-Rivas erstwhile he was taken into custody.

"Ensuring nan information of rule enforcement unit successful executing their lawful duties is paramount, and it remains a apical privilege of nan Justice Department," Troester said successful a statement. "Those who battle aliases interfere pinch members of rule enforcement for simply doing their occupation enforcing nan rule must and will beryllium held accountable."

"Those who battle federal officers will look swift and stern accountability for their actions," Travis Pickard, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Dallas typical supplier successful complaint of North Texas and Oklahoma, added. "Violence and immoderate threats of unit to a national serviceman successful nan capacity of their duties will consequence successful an contiguous and collaborative rule enforcement consequence to way down nan perpetrator."

An ICE serviceman sustained aggregate injuries aft being dragged by nan conveyance of an forbidden alien allegedly evading apprehension successful Texas.  (ICE)

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"Assaults connected national agents will not beryllium tolerated by nan FBI," FBI Oklahoma City acting Special Agent successful Charge Joe Ogden said. "We will proceed to aggressively support and take sides our chap nationalist servants truthful they tin safely transportation retired their sworn duties."

The Department of Homeland Security has reported a 700% summation successful assaults against ICE agents and different migration enforcement officers successful nan first six months since President Donald Trump returned to office. 

The Trump management has pledged to clasp perpetrators accountable to nan fullest grade of nan law. The Justice Department brought charges against much than a twelve defendants successful nan July 4 onslaught against an ICE detention halfway successful Alvarado, Texas, wherever a constabulary serviceman was changeable successful nan cervix defending nan halfway holding prospective deportees. 

The FBI connected Wednesday captured a Marine Corps reservist believed to person opened occurrence astatine nan serviceman and correctional officers that night. 

Los Angeles has seen a rash of anti-ICE demonstrations since June, but nan Pentagon this week removed astir half of nan 4,000 National Guard troops federalized to protect nan city, arguing astir "lawlessness" had subsided. 

An ICE supplier was injured aft being dragged by nan conveyance of an forbidden alien from Honduras. (ICE)

Melgar-Rivas appeared Thursday successful U.S. District Court successful Oklahoma City and was ordered to beryllium detained successful national custody pending further proceedings.

Prosecutors opportunity Melgar-Rivas faces up to 20 years successful national situation and a good of up to $250,000 if convicted.  

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The U.S. Attorney's Office said nan lawsuit is portion of Operation Take Back America, "a nationwide inaugural that marshals nan afloat resources of nan Department of Justice to repel nan penetration of forbidden immigration, execute nan full elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations and protect our communities from nan perpetrators of convulsive crime."