Overview

• Jose de Jesus Ortega, 38, and Danielle Nadine Davila, 33, were charged with one felony count of assaulting, resisting, and impeding a federal officer and face up to eight years in prison if convicted.
• Prosecutors say the July 8 encounter began after ICE officers followed a truck into a surgery center lot, where a Honduran man fled, struggled with an officer, and was pursued into the building.
• Court filings allege Davila wedged herself between the officer and the man and pushed the officer while Ortega grabbed the officer’s arm and vest before the man was ultimately handcuffed.
• Video shows a hallway struggle, and the employees told NBC Los Angeles they believed they were protecting someone who ran in seeking help from masked men they later learned were agents.
• U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli called earlier media accounts a false narrative and said the arrested man was not a patient, while Homeland Security Investigations probes the case and AUSA Cory L. Burleson leads the prosecution.