An illegal migrant fled from ICE during a traffic stop in Oklahoma City, dragging an officer for nearly a block in the latest assault on federal immigration agents, authorities said.
The chaos unfolded when feds were attempting to nab Jose Melgar-Rivas, a Honduran citizen, on Tuesday after he was already given a deportation order, according to charging documents.
But Melgar-Rivas refused to get out of his van and instead hit the gas, speeding away so fast that one of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers was “unable to escape,” the docs state.
The officer was dragged down the street while wedged inside the partially open door and sustained gnarly bruises and scrapes, according to photos shared on X by ICE on Thursday.
Severely bruised and bandaged arm of an ICE officer injured while apprehending a suspect. Facebook/ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement The ICE officer had a