<p>New shocking details have emerged in the case of a suspected member of the notorious Venezuelan prison Tren de Aragua, who federal authorities have charged with attempting to run over U.S. immigration officers in Portland.</p>
<p>One Border Patrol agent pulled a gun and fired a “defensive shot” at the vehicle, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The suspected gang member and his passenger, a suspected Tren de Aragua-tied prostitute, sped off.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire obtained newly unsealed charges filed against the driver, Luis David Nico Moncada, who is now charged with aggravated assault of a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and depredation of federal property in excess of $1,000.</p>
<p>Moncada, who crossed the border illegally during the Biden administration and later received a deportation order, was driving the alleged prostitute in a red pickup truck when he was pulled over by six Border Patrol agents.</p>
<p>Four of the agents approached Moncada, who appeared &#8220;anxious and visibly moving around in the driver&#8217;s seat,&#8221; and asked him and the alleged prostitute to exit the vehicle.</p>
<p>Instead, Moncada reversed his car and hit an unoccupied Border Patrol vehicle &#8220;with enough speed and force to cause significant damage,&#8221; according to the charging documents. He then put his car in drive, &#8220;and continued the forward/reverse maneuver multiple times, striking the Border Patrol vehicle multiple times.&#8221;</p>
<p>One of the agents fired their gun at Moncada before he fled the scene.</p>
<p>Another agent on scene told federal investigators he feared Moncada could strike the agents or another car, according to the charging documents.</p>
<p>Photos included in the documents appear to show that the Border Patrol vehicle&#8217;s bumper was torn off, both headlights were destroyed, the front driver-side quarter panel was dented, and the driver side rear-passenger door and quarter panel were dented.</p>
<div id="attachment_1026301" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1026301" class="wp-image-1026301 size-medium" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/Untitled-design-2026-01-09T094658.091-1-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/Untitled-design-2026-01-09T094658.091-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/Untitled-design-2026-01-09T094658.091-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/Untitled-design-2026-01-09T094658.091-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/01/Untitled-design-2026-01-09T094658.091-1.jpg 1200w" sizes=" (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p id="caption-attachment-1026301" class="wp-caption-text">Credit: The Department of Homeland Security</p></div>
<p>Moncada called 911 after fleeing the scene. When responding authorities applied a tourniquet to Moncada, he repeatedly stated “f*ck ICE.”</p>
<p>Both Moncada and the alleged prostitute, later identified as Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, were hospitalized with gunshot wounds.</p>
<p>In a later interview with the FBI, Moncada &#8220;admitted to intentionally ramming the Border Patrol vehicle in an attempt to flee, and he stated that he knew they were immigration enforcement vehicles,&#8221; according to the charging documents.</p>
<p>Zambrano-Contreras also crossed the border illegally under the Biden administration and was required to check in with ICE after she was released, but never did, according to the charging documents.</p>
<p>She was allegedly involved in a shooting on July 7 tied to a bad prostitution deal. Before the shooting, Zambrano-Contreras called Moncada &#8220;to pick her up&#8221; and then contacted &#8220;a friend &#8230; who always carried a gun.&#8221;</p>
<p>The friend, who is identified as &#8220;Alex,&#8221; showed up at the scene with several other men who proceeded to break into an apartment where the alleged customer was holding the alleged prostitute&#8217;s earnings and belongings.</p>
<p>Agents were looking to arrest Zambrano-Contreras when the shooting occurred on Thursday.</p>
<p>Authorities had also tied the shell casings recovered that day to a shooting that took place three days later. That shooting involved a car purchase gone wrong involving Tren de Aragua members.</p>
<p>The Portland shooting took place one day after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. Before the shooting, the woman appeared to be blocking a road with her vehicle.</p>
<p>Federal agents were then seen approaching her vehicle and ordering her to get out of the car, before she backed up and pulled her car forward.</p>
<p>An agent who appeared to have been hit by the car fired a fatal shot at the woman.</p>
<p>The Department of Homeland Security called the incident &#8220;an act of domestic terrorism.&#8221;</p>
<p>“This is the direct consequence of constant attacks and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians who fuel and encourage rampant assaults on our law enforcement who are facing 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats,” the agency said.</p>
<p>The incident sparked mass protests across Minneapolis.</p>

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