From Fox News: The Justice Department filed a criminal complaint this week against a Venezuelan national accused of assaulting a federal officer and grabbing and possessing the officer’s gun while resisting arrest outside a business earlier this month.
Law enforcement officers assigned to the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Task Force, or HSTF, began surveillance near a business in Utica, Michigan, after receiving information that individuals living in the U.S. illegally were working at the site as delivery drivers.
Agents observed a vehicle registered to Arnoldo Jose Marquez-Pulido, 33, who was leaving the parking lot, and they determined he was in the country illegally, according to a press release from the Justice Department.
After agents attempted a routine traffic stop, authorities say Marquez-Pulido briefly pulled over before fleeing from officers at a “high rate of speed.”
Marquez-Pulido then returned to the business and tried to run inside the building, ignoring the ICE agents’ commands to stop. When an agent caught him, Marquez-Pulido reportedly hit the agent in the face with his elbow and reached for the agent’s service weapon, identified as a “Glock 19” pistol.
Multiple other agents rushed to retrieve the weapon and help subdue the illegal alien.
Marquez-Pulido is believed to have illegally entered the U.S. at a San Ysidro, California, port of entry in 2024, during the Biden administration. A press release by the Justice Department states:
Charged was Arnoldo Jose Marquez-Pulido, 33, an illegal alien from Venezuela who appeared at the US-Mexico border crossing in San Ysidro, California in April, 2024. Despite having no visa or other travel document that would allow him to lawfully enter the United States, Marquez-Pulido was paroled into the United States.
Marquez-Pulido will be appearing in federal court in Detroit this afternoon for his initial appearance. The government will be seeking to hold Marquez-Pulido in custody during the pendency of his case.
Illegal Alien from Venezuela Arrested and Charged after Assaulting a Federal Agent and Grabbing His Gun While Resisting Arresthttps://t.co/iNhqrjsyr4 pic.twitter.com/VbGkc1Z8AI
— U.S. Attorney EDMI (@USAO_MIE) March 11, 2026
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‘AMERICANS PAY THE PRICE’: An illegal immigrant from Venezuela is facing federal charges after allegedly attacking a federal agent and snatching their gun while attempting to resist arrest in Michigan.
Arnoldo Jose Marquez-Pulido, who crossed the US-Mexico border in 2024, was… pic.twitter.com/JCpYwqIQO7
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 11, 2026
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