Two medical staffers in California are facing federal charges after obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents trying to arrest an illegal migrant who had run into a surgery center in Ontario to evade capture, the Department of Justice announced Friday.
Jose de Jesus Ortega, 38, was arrested Friday morning while police continue to look for Danielle Nadine Davila, 33. Ortega and Davila, part of the medical staff at the Ontario Advanced Surgery Center, are charged with assaulting a federal officer and conspiracy to prevent by force and intimidation a federal officer from discharging his duties.
“This story is another example of a false narrative echoed in the media in furtherance of an agenda to delegitimize federal agents,” U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli said in a statement Friday. “The illegal alien arrested inside the surgery center was not a patient. He ran inside for cover and these defendants attempted to block his apprehension by assaulting our agents.”
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