The ICE agent who opened fire in Minneapolis Wednesday was dragged 100 yards by an illegal migrant in Minnesota last June after his arm was trapped inside the vehicle during a traffic stop, The Post can reveal.
The attack on the officer, whom The Post is not naming, happened June 17 in Bloomington, Minnesota, when ICE agents conducted a traffic stop on Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala, a serial illegal immigrant with a lengthy rap sheet with charges including domestic assault and sex crimes against an underage teenager, according to records.
Munoz-Guatemala refused to exit his vehicle when officers approached his car, and the officer broke the back window in order to open the vehicle from the inside.
The suspect then sped away with the ICE agent’s arm caught between the seat and the car frame, according to the Justice Department.
Prosecutors said he was violently dragged more than 100 yards as the suspect weaved back and forth in an attempt to shake him loose from the car.
The agent was hospitalized with “significant injuries to his arm and hand” but made a full recovery, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement at the time.
Munoz-Guatemala was arrested and charged with assaulting the officer and was convicted by a federal jury last month.
A defense attorney for Munoz-Guatemala didn’t immediately return a request for comment Thursday.
The agent, who has not been publicly identified, fired three shots — killing Renee Nicole Good, 37 — on Wednesday after she drove her car toward him during an altercation on the street.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said the officer was justified in opening fire.
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