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A criminal illegal alien managed to evade federal immigration officers with the help of employees of a California grocery store, authorities say.
The disturbing incident folded on Monday morning in Ontario.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was targeting Carlos Gutierrez Caroenas, an illegal alien charged with domestic battery and driving with a suspended license.
ICE officers were attempting to arrest Gutierrez Caroenas as he exited a doughnut shop when he threw “scalding coffee” in an agent’s face and ran into a nearby supermarket.
“ICE law enforcement chased him on foot to Stater Bros. Market, where management obstructed the arrest by refusing to allow officers to search the store’s bathroom—letting the criminal free,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) explained in a statement posted on social media.
DHS included a screenshot of an article published by the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin with a clear anti-enforcement bent.
“Unannounced, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents informed the store manager at our Ontario Stater Bros. Market that they were conducting surveillance on an individual at a nearby donut shop located within the same shopping plaza. According to the agents, the individual entered our store, prompting them to follow him inside,” Stater Bros. said in a statement.
The Ontario Police Department confirmed they had been called to a “possible assault of a federal law enforcement officer.”
“Upon arrival, our officers confirmed that the individuals involved were federal agents acting in an official capacity as they attempted to apprehend a wanted individual. This represented the entirety of our department’s role in the situation.”
Other individuals who were detained or arrested near the shopping center reportedly included an alien with an open immigration case and a suspect who allegedly assaulted an officer.
Illegal aliens and radical leftists have become increasingly brazen in their resistance to immigration law enforcement.
The Department of Homeland Security says attacks on ICE agents are up more than 830% since last year.
