US EditionCustoms and Border Protection Agent Charged with Assault in Connection with Durango, Colorado, Protest
The misdemeanor charges follow video that appeared to show Nicholas Rice seize a protester’s phone and throw her down an embankment, 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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An immigration officer has been charged with third-degree assault and property damage following an investigation into the treatment he gave to a protester who claimed that the officer had strangled her. Several videos recorded by passers-by show a masked agent grabbing and dragging Franci Stagi down the street during a protest in October against the detention of three Colombian asylum seekers in Durango, Colorado. She stated that she grabbed her…
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Assault charge for immigration officer in Colorado could test immunity provisions for federal agents
The decision in Colorado to charge an immigration officer with assault after a protester was grabbed by the neck and pulled across a street could test the boundaries of immunity provisions for federal agents as states scrutinize the use of…
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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