Illegal immigrant shot by ICE indicted for allegedly ramming agents with car in California

A expansive assemblage indicted a Salvadoran nationalist residing successful the U.S. illegally connected national battle charges Thursday aft helium allegedly rammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents with his car.

The national expansive assemblage returned the indictment for Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez connected Thursday, levying 2 charges of assaulting a national serviceman with a deadly limb and 1 number of demolition of authorities property, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California announced Friday.

ICE agents changeable Hernandez, a suspected pack member, successful April aft helium allegedly refused to comply with instrumentality enforcement orders, according to authorities.

Agents, who were dispatched to Patterson, California, specifically to find Hernandez, located him and his conveyance connected April 7 and pulled him over.

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Authorities said Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez "weaponized" his conveyance during a postulation halt successful California connected April 7, 2026. (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California/GoFundMe)

"During the stop, Mendoza Hernandez identified himself and an cause informed Mendoza Hernandez that helium was being detained and instructed him to measurement retired of the vehicle. Despite repeated requests, Mendoza Hernandez kept his car moving and did not comply with cause requests," the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Hernandez allegedly drove guardant and deed an cause with his vehicle, past "quickly shifted the conveyance successful reverse and abruptly accelerated successful a accelerated backward motion, violently colliding with a instrumentality enforcement conveyance successful the process," according to national prosecutors.

After the collision, Hernandez allegedly floored his conveyance toward 2 agents. One of them, who was successful the nonstop way of the vehicle, jumped retired of the way. Hernandez past drove implicit the halfway divider into oncoming traffic, national prosecutors said.

As Hernandez’s conveyance accelerated forward, it was seen veering near crossed Sperry Avenue and implicit the halfway chromatic median into postulation heading successful the other direction, prosecutors say.

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"During this incident, and successful effect to the vehicle’s movements, agents discharged their firearms astatine the conveyance and deed Mendoza Hernandez respective times. Agents rendered aesculapian assistance astatine the country and Mendoza Hernandez was transported to the hospital," the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Law enforcement suspected Hernandez of belonging to the 18th Street Gang. He was besides wanted successful transportation to a execution investigation, Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

After accelerated reverse acceleration, Hernandez’s conveyance struck the beforehand bumper country of the agent, prosecutors say. (U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California)

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Hernandez's household disputes the pack ties allegations and asserts helium was cleared of transportation to the alleged murder, Fox News Digital antecedently reported.

If convicted of the battle charges, Hernandez faces a maximum statutory punishment of 20 years successful situation and a $250,000 good connected each count. If convicted of the demolition charge, Hernandez faces a maximum punishment of 10 years successful situation and a $250,000 fine, prosecutors said.

Fox News Digital contacted Hernandez's lawyer for remark but did not instantly person a response.

Fox News Digital's Bonny Chu contributed to this report.