Overview

• Arnuel S. Marquez Colmenarez, a 33-year-old Venezuelan man, was arrested by ICE and ATF agents inside a Nashua, New Hampshire courthouse on February 20, 2025, as he arrived for his arraignment on misdemeanor charges.
• Surveillance footage shows agents tackling Marquez Colmenarez and knocking over an elderly bystander with a cane during the chaotic arrest.
• The arrest occurred under a Trump administration policy change allowing immigration enforcement in sensitive locations, including courthouses, reversing prior guidelines from the Biden era.
• Local authorities issued a bench warrant for Marquez Colmenarez after he failed to appear for his arraignment, as federal agents did not notify the prosecutor or the court of the arrest.
• Marquez Colmenarez is currently detained at an ICE facility in Texas, with his case drawing attention to the tensions between federal immigration enforcement and local judicial processes.