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Customs and Border Protection Agent Charged with Assault in Connection with Durango, Colorado, Protest
Video showed the officer seizing a protester’s phone and throwing her down, prompting misdemeanor assault and criminal mischief charges, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the Sixth Judicial District Attorney charged U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Nicholas Rice with third-degree assault and criminal mischief following an investigation into an October 2025 incident at an ICE facility in Durango, Colorado.
- Multiple videos recorded by protesters show a masked agent grabbing Franci Stagi's phone and throwing her to the ground while she was filming the agent moving camping gear near the facility entrance.
- Protesters initially gathered after immigration agents arrested 45-year-old Fernando Jaramillo-Solano and his two children while driving to school; an ICE official later testified Jaramillo-Solano was "mistaken" for someone else the agency was targeting.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche warned that the Justice Department could investigate local officials who prosecute federal agents for actions performed during official duties, highlighting legal friction between state and federal authorities.
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CBP officer charged with assault over treatment of protester outside Colorado ICE facility
An immigration officer has been charged with third-degree assault and criminal mischief following an investigation into how he treated a protester in Durango, Colorado, who said the officer put her in a chokehold.
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Immigration officer is charged with assault after protest outside Colorado ICE facility, DA says
A Colorado district attorney has charged an immigration agent after a protester said she was held in a chokehold during demonstrations against the detention of an immigrant father and two children.
·United States
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