Patriot Brief
A Venezuelan illegal alien with gang ties allegedly rammed a Border Patrol vehicle in Portland.
The suspect allegedly struck the vehicle to evade arrest during an ICE enforcement action.
The Biden administration’s border policies are again tied to dangerous outcomes.
This case should shake anyone who still thinks lax border policy is merely a talking point — because the consequences on the ground are very real.
According to unsealed Department of Justice charges, a Venezuelan illegal alien and alleged member of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang, Luis Nino-Moncada, deliberately rammed an unoccupied U.S. Border Patrol vehicle with his own car in Portland, Oregon, while federal agents were executing an immigration enforcement operation. This wasn’t a traffic accident. It was a violent and calculated attempt to interfere with law enforcement — a reckless act of defiance that could have ended with far worse outcomes.
What makes this case especially galling is not just the assault itself, but the fact that Nino-Moncada should never have been in the United States in the first place. According to officials, he crossed the southern border illegally in 2022 and was released into the interior under policies that have become all too familiar under the Biden administration. He had already been arrested for drunk driving and unauthorized use of a vehicle — and had a final deportation order — yet remained on U.S. soil.
When agents sought to arrest a different Tren de Aragua associate tied to a gang-run prostitution ring, Nino-Moncada chose evasion over compliance. Rather than stepping out of the vehicle, he backed into the Border Patrol truck repeatedly — actions prosecutors allege were meant to deter agents from doing their jobs. Moments like these aren’t isolated or exceptional; they’re symptomatic of a system that too often prioritizes ideology over enforcement.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi put it bluntly: “Anyone who crosses the red line of assaulting law enforcement will be met with the full force of this Justice Department.” He should be met with the full force of the law. Assaulting federal property and attempting to evade arrest are serious crimes, and prosecutors are right to pursue them aggressively.
But let’s be clear about the bigger picture. Cases like this are downstream consequences of a broken immigration regime — one that fails to remove known threats, fails to enforce existing orders, and fails to protect Americans and lawful residents. When people who have already been ordered deported remain in the country, and when gang affiliates can freely roam and behave violently, the policy failures become painfully obvious.
This isn’t about xenophobia. It’s about public safety, rule of law, and the right — and obligation — of the federal government to enforce immigration statutes. Every American — whether conservative, moderate, or compassionate about immigrants who play by the rules — should be unsettled by this story. Because the ultimate victims of policy failure are not statistics. They’re the agents trying to keep us safe — and the communities they serve.
From Breitbart:
An illegal alien Tren de Aragua associate is charged with violently attacking a Border Patrol vehicle with his own car in the sanctuary city of Portland, Oregon, as agents were carrying out immigration enforcement operations.
The Department of Justice charges, unsealed on Monday, claim that Luis Nino-Moncada, an illegal alien gang member from Venezuela, violently struck a Border Patrol vehicle that was unoccupied at the time, allegedly in an effort to deter agents from conducting immigration enforcement.
“Anyone who crosses the red line of assaulting law enforcement will be met with the full force of this Justice Department,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement. “This man — an illegal alien with ties to a foreign terrorist organization — should never have been in our country to begin with, and we will ensure he never walks free in America again.”
According to the charges, Border Patrol agents were conducting an immigration enforcement operation, targeted at arresting an illegal alien female member of Tren de Aragua who is allegedly involved in a gang-operated prostitution ring, when Nino-Moncada was found with the woman in a vehicle.
Nino-Moncada was asked to exit the vehicle, as the woman sat in the passenger seat. Instead of exiting the vehicle, Border Patrol agents said Nino-Moncada put the car in reverse and sped into an unoccupied Border Patrol vehicle and continued doing so until the vehicle was significantly damaged.
Agents said Nino-Moncada later admitted to intentionally ramming the Border Patrol vehicle in an attempt to flee the scene and evade arrest.
Nino-Moncada is charged with aggravated assault of a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and depredation of federal property in excess of $1,000. He remains in federal custody.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, Nino-Moncada illegally crossed the southern border in 2022 and was released into the United States interior by the Biden administration.
Nino-Moncada was later arrested for drunk driving and unauthorized use of a vehicle. At the time of the alleged attack on the Border Patrol vehicle, Nino-Moncada had a final deportation order.
Photo Credit: DOJ/ICE