Overview

• Elpidio Reyna turned himself in to FBI agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on July 23 after fleeing U.S. immigration enforcement operations.
• He faces a felony assault charge for allegedly throwing concrete blocks on June 7, injuring a federal officer and damaging government vehicles.
• The FBI’s Los Angeles and San Diego field offices and Customs and Border Protection coordinated with Mexican authorities and offered a $50,000 DHS reward to locate Reyna.
• Mexican officials in Sinaloa initially detained Reyna before he negotiated his surrender and was transferred to U.S. custody at the border.
• FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli emphasized that the arrest underscores the government’s policy of holding attackers of federal personnel accountable.