Wild Video Shows Anti-ICE Zealot Ramming Agent’s Truck — Now Faces Up to 20 Years in the Slammer – RedState
We’ve seen many violent anti-ICE actions against the agency during Trump’s second term, but this episode is at or near the top of the “This Is Nuts” list.
It happened in Chicago on October 4, 2025, during a crackdown targeting criminal illegal aliens – “Operation Midway Blitz” – in the city’s southwest.
That’s when Diego Emmanuel Reyes, 21, decided not to throw stones, not to chant obscenities, but to intentionally ram his SUV into an officer’s vehicle. A newly released video shows that after hitting the truck, the driver appears to speed up, not slow down.
Talk about disjointed:
Federal grand jury in Chicago returns indictment against Operation Midway Blitz defendant for alleged car-ramming attack on federal immigration agent @FBIChicago https://t.co/LNsHqg9KjR pic.twitter.com/tXEjckhYfS
– United States Attorney’s Office (NDIL) (@NDILnews) May 21, 2026
This guy is lucky to be alive. As you will see in the video, the officers quickly drew their weapons and fired several rounds.
Now he will face the music:
Diego Emmanuel Reyes, 21, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on charges of assault, obstructing, intimidating and interfering with the activities of a federal agent and faces up to 20 years in prison…
Reyes is accused of intentionally crashing his SUV into the back of the ICE agent’s white van while the officer was carrying out his official duties, according to the indictment.
After the initial crash, prosecutors say Reyes stepped on the gas, accelerating his SUV and aggressively pushing the officer’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.
The DOJ provides video of the vehicle being rammed 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 could be sentenced to 20 years in prison is because he is charged with a potentially harsher sentence for using a deadly weapon – his SUV. No arraignment date in Chicago federal court has been set.
Here’s another angle:
The identity of the man who shortly rammed into DHS agents, made famous by the video I posted on October 5, 2025, after the assassination of Marimar Martinez, has finally been revealed. See comments for 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 returning from the grocery store, I found myself behind a mid-sized vehicle with a giant “ABOLISH ICE” scrawling across its entire rear window. What’s wrong with these people?
Meanwhile, some of our baby boomer acquaintances have a sign in the yard that says “RESIST!” » We see them every once in a while, so I don’t really want to start a fight, but sometimes I want to yell, “Resist WHAT, you moron?” Resisting widespread homelessness, crime, crushing taxes, and the knowledge that your children will likely never be able to own even a modest home like yours in this state?
This guy Reyes is probably going to face tough consequences, even in a blue, soft-on-crime state like Illinois. He’s likely to spend a good part of his twenty-something life looking at concrete, and he’ll never get over it.
Was it worth it, Diego? Did you accomplish just one thing? I would say no.
Clarification: This will be a federal trial, so we will be spared from woke Chicago prosecutors. However, the jury will be made up of citizens from Governor JB Pritzker’s deep blue state, and we know how that can go.
Editor’s note: Democrats are fanning the flames and raising the pitch by comparing ICE to the Gestapo, fascists and the secret police.
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