Footage recently released captures a harrowing incident where a Chicago resident reportedly wielded his SUV as a lethal weapon, crashing into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer’s truck during a mission called “Operation Midway Blitz.”
Diego Emmanuel Reyes, aged 21, now faces serious legal consequences after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of assaulting, impeding, intimidating, and interfering with a federal agent. If convicted, Reyes could receive a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
This audacious assault is said to have taken place on October 4, 2025, amid a law enforcement operation in the Southwest Side of Chicago.
The newly surfaced video depicts a man allegedly colliding with an ICE officer intentionally in Chicago, as part of Operation Midway Blitz. This footage was provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The Department of Homeland Security has described the day as “one of the most violent” during the course of Operation Midway Blitz, marked by multiple arrests.
Reyes is accused of intentionally slamming his SUV into the rear of the ICE agent’s white pickup truck while the officer was performing official duties, according to the indictment.
After the initial crash, prosecutors claim Reyes hit the gas, accelerating his SUV forward and aggressively pushing the agent’s truck.
Federal authorities have condemned the alleged assault, emphasizing a strict law-and-order stance against violence targeting law enforcement.
Federal agents make multiple detainments in a far north side neighborhood of Chicago, as part of the Trump administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration enforcement surge. (Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images, File)
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“What this defendant did … was a dangerous and brazen act of violence against a federal agent as well as an attack on the rule of law,” U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros wrote in a statement. “The Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office will never tolerate such conduct and will continue to hold accountable those who seek to assault, impede, intimidate, or interfere with lawful federal operations.”
Douglas DePodesta, special agent-in-charge of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office, echoed the demand for accountability.
“The Chicago Field Office has zero tolerance for anyone impeding federal officers engaged in their lawful functions,” DePodesta said, noting that the FBI will use all available resources against those who undermine the rule of law.
Protesters clash with U.S. Border Patrol and other federal agents in Chicago. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post/Getty Images, File)
The indictment includes an enhanced penalty for the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon — the SUV — during the alleged attack, increasing the maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
An arraignment date in Chicago federal court has not yet been set.