ICE and CBP Instigating Vehicle Crashes Needlessly
10 Examples of ICE\CBP Instigating Vehicle Crashes Needlessly
- Christian Salamanca
U.S. Work Permit Holder
St Paul, MN
Jan 26, 2026Christian Salamanca was rammed into a pole by ICE goons while pulling over in a community parking lot due to their overly aggressive and reckless driving. He required hospitalized with multiple broken bones and targeted despite having a US work permit, no criminal history and pending asylum case. - Christian Molina
Minneapolis, MN
Jan 12, 2026Christian Molina was racially profiled and had his car smashed by ICE agents with little warning as he was finding a spot to safely pull over. They left without detaining him and also without leaving contact information promised to pay for damage to his vehicle. - Christina RankSpecial needs teacher
U.S. Citizen
Chicago, IL
Jan 12, 2026Special needs teacher Christina Rank was rammed by ICE agents who then smashed her windows, pulled her out and falsely accused her of ramming them which is disputed by multiple witnesses and the fact the damage was to the passenger side of her vehicle. - Marimar Martinez & Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz
U.S. Citizen
Chicago, IL
Nov 20, 2025Marimar Martinez & Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz were targeted by CBP agents who instigated an accident.- An agent in a vehicle yelled out "do something b#tch" after which another agent escalated and shot at her five times of which she was hospitalized with a bullet wound.
- The shooting agent sadistically bragged afterwards, "I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys" and then later in response to a news article on the incident, "Read it. 5 shots, 7 holes."
- Both were initially charged with assault, but prosecutors ended up dropping all charges with prejudice as evidence showed it was CBP who were negligent.
- In addition, the offending agent drove the vehicle 1000 miles away to Maine immediately afterwards which was against protocols so presumably was done to hinder investigations into his culpability.
- Miguel Angel Garcia MartinezCitizen journalist
U.S. Citizen
Charlotte, NC
Nov 16, 2025U.S. citizen activist journalist Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez passively followed and filmed CBP agents from his van during which they targeted him in an unwarranted, unjustified and egregious escalation and excessive use of force after he did not agree to a "voluntary stop" by an agent and another agent made a gesture for him to leave after which he left. Despite leaving to deescalate the situation as instructed, CBP agents followed him driving recklessly including briefly into oncoming traffic and the CBP agent driving tried repeatedly to ram his van egged on by his fellow agents who described the pursuit as "fun" and "great." And in further disregard to public safety one exclaimed, "he’s gonna get shot is what’s gonna happen." When finally stopped, they smashed his window, arrested him and -- as was probably the plan all along to intimate people holding them accountable -- falsely charged him with assault. A judge summarily dropped the assault charges noting it was CBP agents who expressed an intent to hit the van. - Guillermo Diaz-TorresICE agent
Chicago, IL
Nov 6, 2025ICE agent Guillermo Diaz-Torres passed out in his car in the middle of an intersection. When a police officer knocked on his window, he attempted to flee jumping a curb and crashing his car into a tree line. He was charged with a DUI due to failed field sobriety tests struggling to walk in a straight line, counting steps, holding one foot in the air and reciting the alphabet. - Man safely following ICE vehicle
Evanston Suburb of Chicago
Oct 31, 2025A restrained man was repeatedly struck in the head by an ICE agent while roughly held down on pavement and despite him saying that he can't breathe. This happened after agents caused an accident by braking hard in front of the vehicle following them. Agents presumably used the accident as a ploy to target the occupants and escalate the situation with three U.S. citizens arrested. - Leonardo Espartaco MartinezImmigration Rights Activist
U.S. Citizen
Oxnard, CA
Oct 16, 2025Leonardo Espartaco Martinez, a U.S. citizen and immigration rights activist legally monitoring federal immigration agents on behalf of watchdog group VC Defensa, was rammed by an SUV driven by them and suffered injuries serious enough to require hospitalization after which he was detained and released without any charges filed. - Chicago Car Owners
Chicago
Oct 14, 2025ICE chased two people for 30 minutes from their white SUV -- not because they were a danger but because they were undocumented. As a result, an Uber driver almost got hit by their vehicle and a parked car got damaged when they rammed the vehicle they were chasing despite the fact that ramming vehicles is against local Chicago PD procedures in all scenarios. - Woman driver
Chicago Northside Neighborhood
Oct 10, 2025A woman's car is hit by ICE agents which is clearly their fault. But instead of responding reasonably acknowledging their role in causing the accident, they violently dragged the woman from her car and threw her to the ground in an egregiously excessive use of force perhaps triggered by her honking at them for blocking the road in an unmarked vehicle. The SUV doesn't turn normally to leave the scene and instead makes an overly wide turn -- perhaps in an attempt to intimidate bystanders filming them from the sidewalk -- which is abnormal for someone continuing straight. So, the woman probably thinks it's fine to finally pass. But the SUV driver veers quickly back into the street as if they were not paying attention and sideswipes the woman trying to get by.