TAMPA, Fla. – A 22-year-old man faces up to eight years in federal prison after admitting he fought off immigration agents during an attempted arrest in August, an altercation that resulted in serious injury to a federal officer.
U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced that Denis Napoleon Corea-Miranda, a national of Nicaragua, has pleaded guilty to forcibly resisting, opposing, or impeding federal officers. A date for his sentencing has not yet been scheduled.
According to court filings, the incident took place on August 26, 2025. Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) attempted to detain Corea-Miranda to execute a final order of removal from the United States…