Two Chicago Residents have been accused of using their cars that they “attack, obstruct, and interfere with the work of federal agents” in a confrontation by an agent set fire to one of the drivers.
A criminal complaint It has been filed on Sunday that the incident took place on Saturday morning as three towards the south -west of Chicago. Border patrol The officials performed an operation in the Oak lawn area.
Officials say he was followed by two motorists, Marmer Martinez, 30, and 21 -year -old Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, who ran red lights while chasing.
Martinez allegedly shouted the phrase “La Magra” during the chase, the Spanish name for immigration officers, before he and Ruiz allegedly moved into one of the officer’s cars, temporarily lost control of his driver.
When the vehicle was later brought to a stop and disintegrated by its passengers, Martinez allegedly drove one of the direct agents, inspiring him to fire five shots. Martinez is said to have taken himself to the hospital for treatment.
Christopher Parent, a lawyer who represents Martinez, told the new York Times He is currently gathering information exactly what happened and is working to secure his release.
The complaint filed has no mention of Martinez “equipped with a semi -trauma weapon,” a detail that was included A statement about conflict Issued by Department of Homeland Security Saturday, in which DHS stated that agents were “boxing by 10 cars” during the episode.
Assistant DHS Secretary Trisia McLaglin said in a statement, “Armed woman was nominated for online agents in a CBP intelligence bulletin last week. No law enforcement officers were seriously injured in this attack.”
McLaglin said: “Compare snow Nazi Gestapo, Gupta police and slave patrol are the results of day by day and day to day. Snow and CBP men and women are father and mother, sons and daughters. They wake up every morning and try to make our communities safe.
“Like everyone, they just want to go home for their families at night. The violence and inhumanization of these men and women that are only applying laws will have to stop.”
Independent The department has approached the comment.
Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz’s mother Elizabeth Ruiz told Nyt His son called him about the incident and said: “Mother, they hit me, they hit me.”
“I said, ‘What do you mean?” And she said “snow,” she continued. “I told him to locate himself and then I started listening to boom, boom, boom, and he shouted,” Mother, they are shooting. “
Ruiz said that she reached the spot on time to see her son arresting her son. He said that he is in custody.