Overview
- The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging 21-year-old Diego Emmanuel Reyes with assaulting and interfering with a federal officer by using a vehicle as a deadly or dangerous weapon.
- Prosecutors released video showing an SUV striking the rear of a Border Patrol truck, then accelerating while pushing the truck south on Kedzie Avenue during the enforcement operation on Oct. 4, 2025.
- The single federal count alleges use of the vehicle as a weapon and carries a maximum sentence of 20 years; Reyes has been indicted but has not yet been arraigned in federal court.
- The ramming took place during Operation Midway Blitz after a federal agent shot a woman earlier that day, an episode that drew protests and heightened tensions on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
- Coverage highlights disputed on-scene coordination between Chicago police and federal agents—dispatch audio quoted supervisors saying city units were pulled back, a point later denied by CPD leadership—and the case could sharpen scrutiny of local–federal interactions during immigration enforcement.