AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two men are facing federal charges after authorities said they rammed law enforcement vehicles and fled during an immigration enforcement operation in Austin earlier this year.
Isaias Rodriguez Hernandez and German Rodriguez Hernandez were charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers, according to criminal complaints filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
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KXAN requested a comment from the federal defense attorneys representing both men and will update this story once a response is provided.
The incident happened on Jan. 12 when Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE-ERO) agents attempted to stop a white van on U.S. 79, investigators said. The van, identified in court documents as Target Vehicle #1, was driven by Isaias Rodriguez Hernandez…