Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Federal prosecutors on Monday charged one of two people shot by a federal immigration agent last week, accusing the man of ramming his vehicle into an unoccupied Border Patrol car multiple times.
The shooting of Luis Nino-Moncada, 33, and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, 32, in Portland, Ore., on Thursday afternoon, has sparked protests in the city and raised already-high concerns in the nation over federal law enforcement agents using unlawful force. A day earlier, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, in Minneapolis.
The federal government has accused Nino-Moncada and Zambrano-Contreras of involvement in the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua criminal gang, which the Trump administration has stepped up law enforcement efforts against in recent months, with U.S. officials linking the group to drug and human trafficking into the United States.
Federal authorities said that the shooting occurred following "a targeted vehicle stop."
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