We’ve seen plenty of violent anti-ICE action against the agency in Trump’s second term in office, but this episode goes right at or near the top of the “This Is Nuts” list.
It happened in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2025, during an enforcement mission targeting criminal illegal aliens — “Operation Midway Blitz” — on the city’s Southwest Side.
That’s when Diego Emmanuel Reyes, 21, decided not to throw rocks, not to chant obscenities, but to intentionally ram his SUV into an agent’s vehicle. Newly released video shows that after striking the truck, the driver appears to accelerate, not slow down.
Talk about unhinged:
Federal Grand Jury in Chicago Returns Indictment Against Operation Midway Blitz Defendant for Alleged Vehicle-Ramming Attack on Federal Immigration Agent @FBIChicago https://t.co/LNsHqg9KjR pic.twitter.com/tXEjckhYfS
— U.S. Attorney’s Office (NDIL) (@NDILnews) May 21, 2026
This guy is lucky to be alive. As you’ll see in the video, agents quickly pulled out guns and fired off multiple rounds.
Now he’s going to face the music:
Diego Emmanuel Reyes, 21, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of assaulting, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal agent and faces up to 20 years in prison…
Reyes is accused of intentionally slamming his SUV into the rear of the ICE agent’s white pickup truck while the officer was performing official duties, according to the indictment.
After the initial crash, prosecutors claim Reyes hit the gas, accelerating his SUV forward and aggressively pushing the agent’s truck.
NEW: DOJ announces indictment against Chicago resident DIEGO EMMANUEL REYES for allegedly using his SUV to repeatedly ram an ICE vehicle during Operation Midway Blitz last October.
DOJ provides video of the vehicle ramming below. Reyes faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. https://t.co/jVNLYIEdGM— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 21, 2026
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The reason he might get 20 years is that he’s being indicted with a potentially enhanced penalty for using a deadly weapon — his SUV. An arraignment date in Chicago federal court has not been scheduled.
Here’s another angle:
The identity of the man who rammed DHS agents shortly, made famous by the video I posted on October 5, 2025, after Marimar Martinez was shot has finally been released. See the comments for the full story. pic.twitter.com/8oPwdKwDm1
— Kim “Katie” USA (@KimKatieUSA) May 21, 2026
It’s a beautiful Friday here in sunny Los Angeles… but as I was driving back from the grocery store, I found myself behind a mid-size vehicle with a giant “ABOLISH ICE” scrawl over its entire rear window. What is the matter with these people?
Meanwhile, some Boomer acquaintances of ours have a yard sign that reads, “RESIST!” We see them around from time to time, so I have no real desire to start a feud, but sometimes I want to yell, “Resist WHAT, you moron?” Resist the rampant homelessness, crime, crushing taxes, and the knowledge that your kids will probably never be able to own even a modest house like yours in this state?
This guy Reyes is probably going to face some stiff consequences, even in a blue, soft-on-crime state like Illinois. He’s likely to spend a good portion of his life as a twenty-something-year-old staring at concrete, and he’ll never get it back.
Was it worth it, Diego? Did you accomplish a single thing? I would say no.
Editor’s Note: Democrats are fanning the flames and raising the rhetoric by comparing ICE to the Gestapo, fascists, and secret police.
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