Venezuelan illegal alien tackled by federal agents at New Hampshire courthouse
A Venezuelan man, Arnuel Marquez Colmenarez, who was residing in the United States illegally, was apprehended by federal agents at a New Hampshire courthouse earlier this year. The incident occurred after Colmenarez attempted to evade agents who were trying to discreetly detain him in an elevator.
Colmenarez, 33, was on his way to a court arraignment for charges including drunken driving, driving without a license, and failing to provide information after an accident. Video footage released by the Nashua Circuit Court depicted the moment when Colmenarez, accompanied by federal agents and other individuals, entered an elevator at the courthouse. As the others exited the elevator, an agent made a move to stop Colmenarez, who promptly fled from the elevator.
Two agents pursued Colmenarez and tackled him to the ground, inadvertently knocking down an elderly man walking with a cane in the process. Jared Neff, a court liaison officer for the Hudson Police Department, witnessed the commotion and assisted in restraining Colmenarez, who put up a struggle against being handcuffed.
The video showed the older man lying on the ground for a brief period before receiving aid. Neff reported that the agents had informed him they were under orders to apprehend illegal immigrants and had attempted to do so discreetly in the elevator.
Following the incident, a bench warrant was issued for Colmenarez as he failed to appear for his arraignment, with the prosecutor unaware of his arrest by federal agents. Colmenarez is currently being held at an ICE facility in Texas.
The arrest at the courthouse occurred in the wake of President Donald Trump’s repeal of a 2011 policy that discouraged federal agents from making arrests at sensitive locations like courthouses. The current policy permits immigration arrests in or near courthouses if credible information indicates the presence of the targeted individual, as long as it does not contravene state or local regulations.
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