Man Shot by ICE in California Indicted on Assault Charges
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, a Salvadoran man, was indicted by a federal grand jury after being shot multiple times by ICE agents during a stop in Patterson, California, on April 7.
- Hernandez is charged with two counts of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and one count of damaging government property, allegations he disputes.
- The incident involved Hernandez allegedly ramming his vehicle into two agents and a government vehicle, prompting agents to fire several shots at him.
- Dashcam footage from a passing car captured part of the encounter, showing three agents surrounding Hernandez’s vehicle during the confrontation.
- Hernandez was hospitalized for weeks due to his injuries before being released into federal custody.
