Feds accuse illegal migrant gangster of ramming Border Patrol with prostitute’s car before shooting
Federal prosecutors officially charged a suspected Tren de Aragua gangbanger for allegedly using a vehicle as a weapon against Border Patrol agents.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) lodged criminal charges against Luis Nino-Moncada, a Venezuelan national living unlawfully in the U.S., per a Monday announcement from the agency. During a federal immigration enforcement operation in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, Nino-Moncada allegedly damaged property and put Border Patrol agents in harm’s way when he repeatedly rammed a law enforcement vehicle with another car.
“Anyone who crosses the red line of assaulting law enforcement will be met with the full force of this Justice Department,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a public statement.
“This man — an illegal alien with ties to a foreign terrorist organization — should NEVER have been in our country to begin with, and we will ensure he NEVER walks free in America again,” Bondi continued.
Border Patrol agents had initially targeted a vehicle belonging to Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, an illegal migrant allegedly involved in a Tren de Aragua-led prosecution ring, according to prosecutors. Zambrano-Contreras was sitting in the passenger seat when Nino-Moncada, in response to commands to exit the vehicle, placed the car in reverse and intentionally collided with a Border Patrol car, driving forward and reversing multiple times.
Acting in self-defense, agents fired back at the assailants, resulting in both of them being hospitalized.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) lodged criminal charges against Luis Nino-Moncada, a Venezuelan national living unlawfully in the U.S., per a Monday announcement from the agency. During a federal immigration enforcement operation in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, Nino-Moncada allegedly damaged property and put Border Patrol agents in harm’s way when he repeatedly rammed a law enforcement vehicle with another car.
“Anyone who crosses the red line of assaulting law enforcement will be met with the full force of this Justice Department,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a public statement.
“This man — an illegal alien with ties to a foreign terrorist organization — should NEVER have been in our country to begin with, and we will ensure he NEVER walks free in America again,” Bondi continued.
Border Patrol agents had initially targeted a vehicle belonging to Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, an illegal migrant allegedly involved in a Tren de Aragua-led prosecution ring, according to prosecutors. Zambrano-Contreras was sitting in the passenger seat when Nino-Moncada, in response to commands to exit the vehicle, placed the car in reverse and intentionally collided with a Border Patrol car, driving forward and reversing multiple times.
Acting in self-defense, agents fired back at the assailants, resulting in both of them being hospitalized.
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