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Two illegal migrants were taken into custody Tuesday after crashing their vehicle into a Border Patrol vehicle during an immigration checkpoint in Chicago, leading to a clash with protesters, the newspaper said Ministry of Homeland Security.
According to a senior DHS source, Luis Gerardo Pirela-Ramirez and Yonder Enrique Tenefe-Perez, both from Venezuela, were arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly ramming a Border Patrol vehicle and attempting to flee the scene.
According to officials, the incident occurred near South Avenue N.
“This morning, during an immigration stop in Chicago, a vehicle driven by an illegal immigrant rammed a Border Patrol vehicle and attempted to flee the scene,” a DHS spokesperson said. “Border Police pursued the vehicle and were eventually able to stop it using an authorized precision immobilization technique (PIT). After the vehicle was stopped, the suspects, who are both illegal aliens, attempted to flee on foot. As Border Police arrested the individuals and attempted to secure the scene, a crowd began to form that eventually became hostile and crowd control measures were eventually implemented used.”
Chicago police ordered not to respond after car-ramming attack on federal agents: sources
Luis Gerardo Pirela-Ramirez and Yonder Enrique Tenefe-Perez were arrested on Tuesday morning. (DHS)
“This incident is not an isolated incident and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers,” the spokesman continued. “The fact that this attack was carried out by two illegal immigrants underscores the need for federal law enforcement to continue doing their job and enforcing our nation’s laws – all without getting paid because Democrats have shut down the government.”
After the incident, a crowd began to gather. Chicago police They said they tried to de-escalate the situation as federal agents prepared to leave, but people in the crowd began throwing objects.
Federal agents then used tear gas on the street and 13 Chicago police officers were exposed to tear gas.
“Chicago Police Department officers responded to the 10500 block of S. Avenue N at approximately 11:07 a.m. for a report of a motor vehicle accident involving federal authorities,” a police statement said. “CPD was not involved in any federal response to this location. Upon arrival on scene, officers documented the traffic accident. Because this incident involved federal agencies, additional CPD supervisors responded to the scene to ensure appropriate action was taken.”
Federal agents used tear gas on the street to disperse the crowd. (WFLD)
“A crowd began to form and as federal authorities left the scene, CPD members attempted to de-escalate the situation to ensure the safety of everyone, including community members who gathered at the location,” the statement continued. “Individuals then began throwing objects at the federal agents, after which the federal agents released tear gas into the street. Thirteen CPD members were exposed to the tear gas. Exposure reports will be prepared for all CPD members exposed to the tear gas.”
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a Democrat, accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement of “recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near schoolchildren and CPD officers.”
“The Trump administration must stop the use of dangerous chemical weapons in the air of peaceful American communities,” he wrote on X.
Anti-ice protesters in Chicago block vehicles and are shot with tear gas and pepper balls
According to police, 13 Chicago police officers were exposed to tear gas. (WFLD)
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At least one person arrested by the Border Patrol was a 15-year-old American citizen, lawyers with the law firm Romanucci & Blandin said, according to Fox 32. The boy was “grabbed on a street on Chicago’s East Side,” thrown to the ground, kneeled on his back and bound with a zip tie around 12:30 p.m
The boy was handcuffed and held in the back of a vehicle for five hours, the lawyers said, noting that he was not allowed to have contact with his mother during that time. It was unclear why the boy was arrested.
“This is how people disappear in autocracies — picked up off the streets, held in unmarked locations, with no calls to family, no charges given, no due process,” attorney Antonio M. Romanucci said in a statement. “A 15-year-old American citizen was virtually ‘disappeared’ for five hours in Chicago. This is not law enforcement; this is the playbook of authoritarian regimes.”
