Overview
- A federal jury returned the guilty verdict on December 10, 2025, after a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan.
- According to the Department of Justice, officers attempted to arrest Munoz-Guatemala on an immigration order during a June 17, 2025 traffic stop.
- After an agent broke a back window to access the vehicle, Munoz-Guatemala accelerated, trapping the agent’s arm and dragging him for more than 100 yards, causing significant arm and hand injuries.
- Jurors found that he assaulted the agent with a deadly or dangerous weapon and that the assault caused bodily injury.
- Prosecutors note he is illegally present in the United States and was convicted in December 2022 in Hennepin County of repeatedly sexually abusing a minor, and the investigation involved the FBI, ERO, HSI, and the Bloomington Police Department with AUSAs Raphael B. Coburn and Thomas Calhoun-Lopez handling the case.