A Columbian national, Yefferson Josue Pinzon Suarez, has been indicted by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on charges of assaulting a federal employee. The indictment was announced on Wednesday.
The incident occurred after an immigration judge ordered Pinzon Suarez's removal from the United States in March. On June 20, he was taken from the St. Louis County Jail, where he had been serving a sentence, to the Robert A. Young Federal Building in downtown St. Louis. According to court documents, during fingerprinting, Pinzon Suarez allegedly bit a deportation officer's forearm and struck him in the chest.
Pinzon Suarez had been residing in Maryland Heights prior to these events.
It is important to note that an indictment is not evidence of guilt; it is merely an accusation. Every defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The case was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Department of Homeland Security and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Colleen Lang.
This legal action is part of Operation Take Back America, which aims to combat illegal immigration and related criminal activities through coordinated efforts by the Department of Justice and its various task forces.
