New: ICE Agent in MN Shooting Was Hospitalized Last Year After Being Dragged by Illegal Alien’s Car

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent involved in the Wednesday shooting death of an aggressive anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis was involved in an incident last year that led to him being hospitalized after being dragged by a car being driven by a fleeing illegal alien.

On June 17, 2025, the unnamed officer was attempting to take 40-year-old illegal Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala, a convicted sex offender, into custody after a traffic stop in Minnesota. Munoz-Guatemala was uncooperative with officers, and the one involved with the Minneapolis shooting broke the back window of the illegal's car in order to remove and arrest him. The officer's arm became trapped in the window when Munoz-Guatemala decided to flee the scene, thus dragging the officer 100 yards and driving erratically in order to dislodge the ICE agent.

ICE agent who opened fire on Renee Good was dragged, hospitalized by illegal migrant driver last year https://t.co/Uxchs83q2B pic.twitter.com/oJRiSYXNjl
— New York Post (@nypost) January 8, 2026

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said at the time of the June incident that the ICE agent had been hospitalized with “significant injuries to his arm and hand,” but eventually made a full recovery.

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem posted to social media shortly after the agent was injured a video of Munoz-Guatemala being taken into custody, commenting:

This week, a brave ICE officer was dragged many yards by a car after a criminal illegal alien resisted arrest. His life was put at risk and he sustained serious injuries.
President Trump has been clear: if politicians will not put the safety of their citizens first, this administration will. I was on the ground in Chicago today to make clear we are not backing down.
Just this morning, DHS took violent offenders off the streets with arrests for assault, DUI, and felony stalking. Our work is only beginning.

Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala was found guilty last month in U.S. District Court of "Assault on a Federal Officer with a Dangerous and Deadly Weapon and Causing Bodily Injury." In making the announcement of the guilty verdict, U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen recounted what precisely had happened to the ICE agent:

On June 17, 2025, law enforcement officers attempted to arrest Munoz-Guatemala, a convicted sex offender, on an immigration order. Agents made a traffic stop of Munoz-Guatemala. The defendant was uncooperative and refused to follow directions. After warning Munoz-Guatemala several times, an agent broke the back window so that he could open the vehicle from the inside. Munoz-Guatemala then accelerated his car. As he sped away, the agent’s arm became trapped between the seat and the car frame. Munoz-Guatemala dragged the federal agent for more than 100 yards, while weaving back and forth in an attempt to shake the agent from the car. The agent was eventually jarred free from the car but suffered significant injuries to his arms and hand.

Munoz-Guatemala was found guilty following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan. The jury concluded that Munoz-Guatemala "assaulted the agent with a deadly or dangerous weapon, and that in doing so Munoz-Guatemala caused the agent bodily injury."

Munoz-Guatemala is in the United States illegally, and, in December 2022, was convicted in Hennepin County of repeatedly sexually abusing a minor.

Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.

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