The driving force who was one in all two people shot by a federal agent throughout immigration enforcement operations in Portland, Oregon, final week allegedly rammed his truck into an unoccupied U.S. Border Patrol car previous to the taking pictures, in response to a federal criticism unsealed on Monday.
Luis Nino-Moncada is charged with aggravated assault of a federal officer with a lethal or harmful weapon and depredation of federal property in extra of $1,000, in response to the federal criticism.
A photograph posted to X by Legal professional Common Pamela Bondi, Jan. 12, 2025, with a caption stating that it’s a broken Border Patrol car.
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Border Patrol brokers tried to cease his Pink Toyota Tacoma on Thursday whereas conducting a focused enforcement operation specializing in his passenger, in response to the criticism.
In line with the criticism, Nino-Moncada appeared “anxious” and was transferring round within the driver’s seat. After brokers commanded them to exit, he allegedly put the car in reverse and struck an unoccupied Border Patrol car, inflicting “important injury,” in response to the criticism.
He then allegedly drove ahead and backward a number of instances, repeatedly hitting the federal car, in response to the criticism, which included a number of images of the broken automotive.
A Border Patrol agent then fired their service weapon twice on the driver of the truck, in response to statements from Border Patrol brokers, the criticism stated.
Nino-Moncada and the girl fled the scene and brokers didn’t know on the time whether or not anybody had been hit, in response to the criticism.
Border Patrol brokers didn’t pursue the car after it fled, in response to the criticism. Nino-Moncada shortly known as 911 from an condo advanced a number of miles from the taking pictures scene requesting assist and Portland Police and medical assist responded, police stated.
Throughout an FBI interview, Nino-Moncada allegedly admitted to deliberately ramming the Border Patrol car and acknowledged he knew they had been immigration enforcement autos, in response to the criticism.
Luis Nico-Moncada is seen in a photograph launched by Homeland Safety, Jan. 9, 2026.
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In line with the criticism, there isn’t a body-worn digicam footage of the incident and no surveillance or social media video has been discovered.
Nino-Moncada and his passenger — recognized by DHS as Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras — remained hospitalized in steady situation, police stated Friday.
Each allegedly have ties to the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang, in response to DHS and Portland police.
DHS alleged that Zambrano-Contreras, a Venezuelan nationwide, is understood to be concerned with a TdA prostitution ring and was allegedly related to a July taking pictures tied to a prostitution deal gone dangerous.
Nino-Moncada, who was beforehand ordered eliminated by a choose in Denver in 2024, allegedly drove the girl throughout her prostitution actions, in response to the criticism.
“In line with a newly unsealed criticism, Luis Nino-Moncada — an unlawful alien in Portland, Oregon with ties to Tren de Aragua — is alleged to have repeatedly rammed a Border Patrol car, threatening the lives of federal regulation enforcement officers,” Legal professional Common Pam Bondi stated in an announcement on X on Monday. “He ought to NEVER have been in our nation to start with, and we’ll guarantee he NEVER walks free in America once more.”
The incident in Portland got here a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a girl in her automotive in Minneapolis, Minnesota, sparking outrage and backlash in opposition to the presence of federal brokers there. Equally, the mayor of Portland known as for immigration enforcement operations to halt whereas the investigation is ongoing.
Within the Minneapolis case, federal officers alleged the motorist tried to run over an agent, who fired defensive photographs.
