{"id":27700,"date":"2025-12-23T08:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=27700"},"modified":"2025-12-23T08:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:20:18","slug":"illegal-alien-gets-decades-in-prison-for-violent-attack-on-ice-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cndailynews.store\/?p=27700","title":{"rendered":"Illegal Alien Gets Decades In Prison For Violent Attack On ICE Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An illegal alien from Mexico living in the United States illegally will spend decades in federal prison after assaulting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. Diego Barron-Esquivel was sentenced to 20 years\u2014the maximum penalty allowed\u2014for violently attacking and strangling an ICE agent earlier this year in Wichita, Kansas, the Department of Homeland Security told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n

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The sentence comes amid a surge in violent attacks against federal immigration officers,\u00a0the outlet reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis barbaric criminal illegal alien with a rap sheet a mile long, violently punched one of our officers in the face and head and then began strangling the officer with his own badge cord,\u201d Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a prepared statement. \u201cOur officers are facing a 1150% increase in violence against them as they arrest the worst of the worst.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSecretary Noem has been clear: if you lay a hand on law enforcement, you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,\u201d McLaughlin added.<\/p>\n

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Barron-Esquivel, who entered the United States at an unknown time and location, violently resisted arrest when two ICE agents attempted to apprehend him in the Wichita area on Feb. 28, according to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n

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The Mexican national allegedly punched one agent in the face and head before strangling him with the agent\u2019s badge cord, nearly rendering the officer unconscious until he was able to break free.<\/p>\n

Although Barron-Esquivel initially escaped from immigration officers, he was later arrested by local law enforcement, DHS said.<\/p>\n

The migrant, who was accused at the time of repeatedly harassing his ex-spouse, has an extensive criminal history that includes arrests for domestic battery, aggravated robbery, felony theft, possession of drug paraphernalia, property damage, and other offenses, according to the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n

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