A Venezuelan man was tackled in a New Hampshire courthouse and despatched by ICE to Texas – Boston Information, Climate, Sports activities

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Venezuelan man dealing with misdemeanor expenses in New Hampshire was apprehended in a courthouse by federal brokers who additionally knocked over a bystander as they tackled him.

Lately launched safety digital camera footage from Nashua Circuit Courtroom reveals two brokers throwing Arnuel Marquez Colmenarez to the ground and handcuffing him on Feb. 20. An older man utilizing a cane to stroll additionally ended up flat on his again.

Marquez Colmenarez, 33, had been charged Feb. 9 with drunken driving, driving with out a license and failing to supply info after an accident. He was heading to his arraignment on these expenses when he was apprehended, Nashua Police say.

Jared Neff, the courtroom liaison officer for the Hudson Police Division, mentioned he was within the prosecutor’s workplace when he heard a loud commotion close to the elevators.

“There have been voices yelling ‘Cease!’ after which a loud ‘bang’ which gave the impression of individuals had fallen on the bottom and had been actively preventing and struggling,” he wrote in an incident report.

Neff mentioned he helped restrain Marquez Colmenarez, whom he described as actively resisting makes an attempt to handcuff him. The brokers had been engaged on orders to detain immigrants within the nation illegally, Neff mentioned. They advised Neff that they had tried to detain Marquez Colmenarez quietly within the elevator, however he had fled.

A decide later issued a bench warrant after he failed to look for his arraignment. The prosecutor dealing with the case wasn’t contacted by federal brokers earlier than the arraignment and didn’t witness the arrest, police mentioned.

As of Monday, Colmenaraz was being held at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas, in line with an internet database. The company didn’t instantly reply to an e-mail looking for remark.

Immigration officers had been a rising presence at courthouses throughout President Donald Trump’s first time period, prompting pushback from judges and different native officers. The president has gone additional in his second time period by repealing a coverage in place since 2011 for brokers to typically keep away from such locations as faculties, homes of worship and hospitals.

Beneath present coverage, immigration officers could make arrests “in or close to courthouses after they have credible info that leads them to consider the focused alien(s) is or will probably be current” and so long as they aren’t prohibited from doing so by state or native legislation.

In Boston, an ICE agent was held in contempt final month after he detained a suspect whereas he was on trial.