Overview

• Federal prosecutors filed a complaint charging 34-year-old Jose Melgar-Rivas with assaulting, resisting or impeding a federal officer resulting in bodily injury.
• Authorities allege that on July 15 he refused to exit his vehicle and dragged an ICE officer nearly a block after shifting into drive during a traffic stop.
• Melgar-Rivas was arrested hours later and appeared in U.S. District Court, where he was ordered held in federal custody pending further proceedings.
• If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
• Homeland Security Investigations, ICE, the FBI, Oklahoma City Police and the U.S. Marshals Service collaborated on the case under Operation Take Back America.