Border Patrol Agent Injured in Car-Ramming Attack in California

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A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer was injured in a vehicle-ramming attack during a targeted operation near Compton, California, Wednesday morning.

Officers were attempting to arrest William Eduardo Moran Carballo, an illegal alien from El Salvador, who was wanted for human smuggling and had two prior arrests for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant. An immigration judge issued him a final order of removal in 2019.

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Carballo weaponized his vehicle and rammed law enforcement in an attempt to evade arrest.  Fearing for their safety, a federal agent fired defensive shots.

The suspect attempted to flee on foot but was later apprehended. Carballo was taken into custody without injury.

Authorities confirmed that no one was struck by gunfire and that all law enforcement personnel involved were accounted for.

The extent of the CBP officer’s injury has not been disclosed.

“These dangerous attempts to evade arrest have surged since sanctuary politicians, including Governor Newsom, have encouraged illegal aliens to evade arrest and provided guides advising illegal aliens how to recognize ICE, block entry, and defy arrest. Our officers are now facing a 3,200 percent increase in vehicle attacks,” DHS said in a statement.

According to DHS, federal immigration officers face a more than 1,300 percent increase in assaults and an 8,000 percent increase in death threats.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday that since President Trump took office, ICE has removed more than 670,000 illegal aliens across the country.

“In one year, President Trump has made great strides delivering on the mandate from the American people to remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from our streets despite the complete lack of cooperation from sanctuary politicians and agitators who attempt to obstruct law enforcement—a felony and a federal crime,” said Noem. “DHS has removed more than 670,000 illegal aliens including murderers, pedophiles, rapists, gang members, and terrorists from our country in one year. Just yesterday, ICE arrested pedophiles, domestic abusers, and drug traffickers. The more arrests DHS makes, the more self-deportations we see, of which we have seen north of 2 million. This is just the beginning of the golden age of America.”