The FBI is hunting for an illegal immigrant from Honduras who is accused of ramming his truck into multiple Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicles during a traffic stop in Texas last month.
Jerson Lopez-Sanchez, 28, is charged with three counts of assaulting or resisting federal officers, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Lopez-Sanchez is on the run, and the FBI has offered a $15,000 reward for information that leads to his arrest and conviction.
The incident unfolded on December 1 after ICE agents conducted a registration check of a Chevrolet Silverado carrying five people driving through Dallas. After determining that Lopez-Sanchez was in the country illegally, agents followed the truck and attempted to initiate a traffic stop in nearby Lewisville, Texas.
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Three ICE vehicles surrounded the truck and prepared to conduct the stop when Lopez-Sanchez suddenly put his truck, which was loaded with ladders, in reverse and slammed it into a Jeep SUV driven by one of the ICE agents, according to the indictment.
“The ICE agent in that SUV had one leg out of his vehicle and on the ground when the driver rammed the Jeep and jolted him backwards. This agent had to quickly jump back into his vehicle to avoid serious injury,” the indictment said.
That action created enough space for Lopez-Sanchez to drive away, and a car chase began in a heavily populated area, the indictment said. As he drove away, Lopez-Sanchez also allegedly drove into a Chrysler van being driven by an ICE agent, injuring the agent’s knees and neck.
The indictment said he “weaponized his 5,500-plus-pound vehicle and dangerously accelerated into the ICE agents in the Chrysler van, causing significant damage and smoke to rise from the hood, and also causing all front airbags to deploy.”
After a ten-minute pursuit, Lopez-Sanchez parked his truck in a median and fled. Three of the occupants were later arrested, but Lopez-Sanchez evaded law enforcement.
The FBI wanted poster for Lopez-Sanchez lists him as being 5 ‘8’’ tall and weighing 165 pounds. His occupation was listed as a roofer.
ICE agents have faced a sharp increase in vehicle attacks, according to the Department of Homeland Security. From January 21, 2025, to January 7, 2026, there have been 66 “vehicular attacks” targeting ICE, according to DHS. That is up from two the previous year during the same time frame.
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