Illegal alien sentenced to 3 years in prison for injuring ICE officer while attempting to evade arrest in WA

Alfredo Gallegos Guillen, a 31-year-old Mexican national, accelerated with an immigration officer partially inside his vehicle and struck a parked car, injuring the officer. Before the attack, Washington authorities had also ended his probation early for a DUI conviction, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington.

Chief US District Judge Stanley A. Bastian sentenced Guillen on October 7 to 36 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. Guillen pleaded guilty on July 8 to an indictment charging him with assaulting, resisting, and/or impeding federal officers.

Prosecutors said Guillen’s criminal history included multiple charges in Idaho in 2023. He failed to appear for court hearings, prompting authorities to issue arrest warrants. While those warrants remained outstanding, Guillen was arrested and convicted of DUI in Washington. He received 20 days in jail and five years of probation, which Washington authorities subsequently terminated early. After the DUI conviction, Guillen was arrested in Washington for domestic violence, violating a protection order, and resisting arrest. He was ultimately released from state custody.

Federal officers subsequently learned that Guillen was a Mexican national with an outstanding administrative immigration warrant.

On April 20, officers with ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations and other federal agents went to a residence in Toppenish where Guillen was believed to be living. They spotted his vehicle outside and watched him leave the home and drive away. Officers activated their emergency lights and surrounded his vehicle. Guillen stopped and turned off the engine.

The federal officers, all wearing official law enforcement uniforms, approached him. Guillen presented a Mexican identification card, and officers confirmed that multiple arrest warrants remained outstanding. When instructed to exit the vehicle, Guillen refused. An ERO officer reached through the passenger-side window, unlocked the door, and began entering the vehicle. Guillen restarted the engine and rapidly accelerated while the officer was still partially inside, prosecutors said.

He then swerved into a parked car, striking it with the passenger-side door and injuring the officer. According to prosecutors, Guillen knew the officer was partially inside the vehicle and knew the collision would injure him. Guillen crashed into a utility pole, exited the vehicle, and attempted to flee on foot before officers apprehended him.

“These agents were simply carrying out the job they had sworn to do, and Guillen sought to harm them to avoid apprehension,” First Assistant US Attorney Pete Serrano said.

“I’m grateful to the officers who risk their lives to protect our communities; my office will continue to stand with them by prosecuting individuals, like Guillen, who seek to harm them.”