Judge Orders Bond Release for Man Shot by ICE, Stayed for Appeal

A federal judge in Sacramento ordered the release on bond of Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernández, a 36-year-old Salvadoran national shot multiple times by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a traffic stop in central California last week, though the ruling was stayed for 48 hours pending an appeal by prosecutors.

The incident unfolded on April 7 near an Interstate 5 on-ramp in Patterson, about 75 miles southeast of San Francisco. Four ICE agents, surveilling Mendoza Hernández at his home before following him in his black Toyota C-HR, pulled him over to arrest him due to his lack of legal status in the United States, according to a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California. Agents instructed him to exit the vehicle, but he did not comply, keeping the engine running. One agent broke the passenger-side window in an attempt to remove him, court documents state.

The situation escalated when Mendoza Hernández shifted the vehicle into drive and moved forward about one foot, striking one agent, the complaint alleges. He then reversed, colliding with an agents' pickup truck, before accelerating forward again toward two...