DOJ charges illegal immigrant with Tren de Aragua ties after Border Patrol shooting in Portland

The alleged Venezuelan amerciable immigrant, suspected of being an subordinate of the Tren de Aragua gang, who was changeable by U.S. Border Patrol agents successful Portland, Oregon portion allegedly trying to ram them with a conveyance was charged Monday by the Justice Department. 

Luis Nino Moncada is charged with aggravated battle of a national serviceman with a deadly weapon, according to an unsealed national complaint. 

"Anyone who crosses the reddish enactment of assaulting instrumentality enforcement volition beryllium met with the afloat unit of this Justice Department," Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote connected X. "According to a recently unsealed complaint, Luis Nino-Moncada — an amerciable alien successful Portland, Oregon with ties to Tren de Aragua — is alleged to person repeatedly rammed a Border Patrol vehicle, threatening the lives of national instrumentality enforcement officers."

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DHS officials accidental Luis David Nico Moncada, left, and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, are Venezuelan transgression amerciable aliens and suspected members of the overseas violent enactment Tren de Aragua. The duo were wounded aft being changeable by a Border Patrol cause Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, erstwhile they allegedly attempted to tally the serviceman and others implicit with their vehicle.  (Department of Homeland Security)

"He should NEVER person been successful our state to statesman with, and we volition guarantee helium NEVER walks escaped successful America again," she added. 

Federal prosecutors allege that Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, some suspected TdA pack associates, were successful a Toyota Tacoma connected Jan. 8 erstwhile USBP agents tried to behaviour a postulation stop.

The agents were targeting Zambrano-Contreras for arrest. 

Moncada, who was driving the vehicle, entered the United States illegally successful 2022, and was released into the state by the Biden administration. He has a erstwhile apprehension for driving nether the power and unauthorized usage of a vehicle, authorities said, and was the taxable of a last bid of removal.

Zambrano-Contreras, the passenger, besides entered the U.S. illegally successful the El Paso, Texas, country successful 2023. She played an "active relation successful a Tren de Aragua prostitution ring" and was antecedently progressive successful a July 2025 shooting stemming from a atrocious prostitution deal, authorities said. 

At the clip of the postulation stop, national agents ordered them to exit the vehicle, which they refused, prosecutors said.

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A damaged Border Patrol conveyance that was struck by Luis Moncada during an attempted arrest, authorities said.  (Justice Department)

Instead, Moncada enactment the car successful reverse and deed an unoccupied Border Patrol conveyance "with capable velocity and unit to origin important damage," the ailment states. He past allegedly moved the car guardant and reverse aggregate times, striking the USBP conveyance respective times, prosecutors said. 

Fearing that Moncada would onslaught the agents, a Border Patrol cause opened occurrence astatine Moncada earlier helium drove disconnected and fled the scene, prosecutors allege. He and Zambrano-Contreras were struck by gunfire. 

Moncada allegedly parked the car successful an flat analyzable and called 911. When responding instrumentality enforcement officers arrived and placed a tourniquet connected him, helium allegedly said f--- ICE."

Luis Moncada is accused of trying to ram his conveyance into a achromatic U.S. Border Patrol car during an attempted apprehension successful Portland.  (Justice Department )

Both helium and Zambrano-Contreras were taken to hospitals with gunshot wounds, authorities said.

During questioning, Moncada allegedly admitted to intentionally ramming his car into the Border Patrol conveyance successful an effort to flee.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNSEALS MULTI-STATE INDICTMENTS AGAINST TREN DE ARAGUA LEADERS FOR VIOLENT CRIMES

Police successful riot cogwheel look protesters extracurricular an Immigration and Customs Enforcement installation Thursday night, Jan. 8, 2026, successful Portland, Oregon, arsenic demonstrations erupted hours aft a shooting involving a national migration agent. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

There was nary body-worn camera footage from the six Border Patrol agents progressive successful the incident, the Justice Department said. Efforts to find footage of what happened connected societal media and done surveillance cameras person been unsuccessful. 

The shooting happened the aforesaid week anti-ICE protester Renee Nicole Good was fatally changeable successful Minneapolis by a national cause portion trying to allegedly ram him with his vehicle. 

The Trump medication has said Good was obstructing migration enforcement operations and attempted to tally implicit an ICE cause who fired successful self-defense. Good was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. 

Oregon officials condemned the shooting successful Portland, with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, claiming it was "instigated by the reckless docket of the Trump administration."

Renee Nicole Good moments earlier she was changeable and killed by national cause successful Minneapolis.  (Obtained by Fox News)

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Both shootings person prompted anti-ICE protests crossed the state and beardown condemnations by galore starring Democrats.