ICE agents shoot 18th Street Gang member who ‘weaponized his vehicle’ in California

Fuente: New York Post

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Tuesday shot a gang member who tried to run them down with his car as they moved to arrest him, officials said. The ICE agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in the Central Valley town of Patterson to arrest 18th Street Gang member Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, who is wanted in El Salvador in connection to a murder, according to authorities. Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, said in a statement that Hernandez tried to run the agents down as they moved to take him into custody.