Overview
- Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, 36, was ordered to remain in federal custody Monday in Sacramento on a felony charge of assaulting an immigration officer.
- Judge Dale Drozd said dashcam video showed the Toyota’s wheel turn before the first shot, and muted clips reviewed by KCRA show the car reversing into an agent’s truck before driving over the median.
- Prosecutors said a hospital test found cocaine and pointed to tattoos they argue match 18th Street Gang symbols, as well as a past El Salvador prison term for extortion.
- The defense submitted Salvadoran records showing a 2019 murder acquittal, denied any gang ties, and maintains agents fired first as Mendoza tried to flee.
- Mendoza has undergone several surgeries for multiple gunshot wounds, and his lawyer alleges poor care in custody, with a preliminary hearing set for May 5 and prosecutors seeking a grand jury indictment.