A Brazilian citizen has admitted guilt to charges of assaulting a federal officer following a tumultuous arrest in Connecticut last year. During this incident, he reportedly bit one Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer and spat on another, according to federal prosecutors on Friday.

On Thursday, Luis Peterson Rohr Ferreira Borges, aged 25, confessed to the charges in front of U.S. District Judge Vernon Oliver in Hartford, as stated in a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.

The charges relate to an event on June 25, 2025, when ICE officers detained Ferreira Borges in the vicinity of Zion Street in Hartford.

Authorities report that after being taken into custody, he resisted arrest and exhibited violent behavior.

The scene at Zion Street in Hartford, Connecticut. (Google Maps)

Once placed inside a government vehicle, he began kicking, flailing and yelling obscenities at Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers, according to prosecutors.

“As the vehicle traveled to the federal building on Main Street in Hartford, Ferreira Borges began raising and moving his leg, which was inches away from the ERO officer who was driving the vehicle, and Ferreira Borges stated he was going to kick the officer in the neck,” as noted in the release.

Prosecutors say he then bit another ERO officer who attempted to restrain him and spit on the officer driving the vehicle.

A close-up of an ICE officer’s badge and gear at the Whipple Federal building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 8, 2026. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

“Ferreira Borges then started to bite another ERO officer who tried to control him, and spit on the ERO officer who was driving the vehicle,” the release noted.

Ferreira Borges has remained in custody since his arrest. 

He faces up to one year in prison when he is sentenced on April 16.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an arrest warrant for Ferreira Borges on Oct. 10, 2023, charging him with being in the U.S. in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

The ICE headquarters are seen on April 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Pete Kiehart for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

That warrant followed a separate September 2023 arrest on state charges, including assault on public safety personnel, third-degree assault, breach of peace, interfering with an officer and first-degree intimidation based on bigotry or bias, as noted in the release.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.