Overview
- Yorlenys Zambrano-Contreras pleaded guilty to illegal entry and was sentenced to one year of probation with location monitoring, a nightly curfew, and an order to avoid areas where prostitution occurs.
- The January 8 encounter at a southeast Portland medical complex ended when a Border Patrol agent fired twice into a pickup, wounding Zambrano-Contreras and driver Luis Niño-Moncada, according to court filings.
- Prosecutors say the agent opened fire after the driver reversed into an unoccupied federal rental car multiple times and the truck then struck an agent, damaging the vehicle’s lights and bumper.
- The FBI reported to the court that no surveillance video or images of the shooting have been found, leaving a key evidentiary gap as the inquiry continues.
- Niño-Moncada has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a federal officer and damaging federal property, remains detained pending a March jury trial, and officials have described a "some nexus" to the Tren de Aragua gang.