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2 days ago
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Guatemalan national indicted after federal agent seriously injured in Rhode Island, US Attorney says
A federal grand jury has indicted a Guatemalan national after a Homeland Security agent suffered a serious injury while trying to arrest him on a warrant in April, the U.S. Attorney said. Miguel Tamup-Tamup, a/k/a Miguel US Tamup, 28, who was previously deported and is in the U.S. illegally, is charged with two counts of assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, or interfering with federal officers engaged in official duties, Acting U.S. Attorney Sara Miron Bloom said in a statement on Thursday. Federal authorities arrested Tamup-Tamup on May 16 at a home in Providence. He has been detained since making an initial appearance in federal court on that day. On April 30, a Homeland Security Investigations agent suffered a serious leg injury during an encounter with Tamup-Tamup, who fled authorities that day after he was previously arrested after a DUI crash, Miron Bloom said. On April 19, police arrested Tamup-Tamup for driving under the influence after his car allegedly collided with another vehicle, prosecutors said. He was subsequently arraigned and released. His fingerprints matched ICE fingerprint records associated with a person flagged as being in the United States illegally. On April 30, an ICE deportation officer and Homeland Security Investigations agents stopped a car that Tamup-Tamup was driving, Miron Bloom said. They tried to apprehend him on an arrest warrant. After he refused to get out of his car, Tamup-Tamup was guided out of the vehicle, prosecutors said. While the agents tried to place Tamup-Tamup in handcuffs, he 'allegedly resisted, threw his upper body and shoulders against the agents, flailed his arms, and broke an agent's hold,' Miron Bloom said. One of the agents fell to the ground and suffered a serious leg injury, Miron Bloom said. Tamup-Tamup ran away from law enforcement as others were helping the injured agent. The agent's condition was not known on Thursday. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
Boston Globe
16-05-2025
- Boston Globe
Previously deported Guatemalan man detained in Providence after allegedly assaulting ICE officer
Tamup-Tamup, who was illegally in the United States at the time of his arrest, faces a charge of assault, resisting, and impeding a law enforcement officer in the performance of official duties, prosecutors said. Advertisement Officials allege Tamup-Tamup 'struggled with an ICE deportation officer and Homeland Security Investigations agents as they attempted to apprehend him as authorized by a Warrant for Arrest of Alien.' Get Rhode Island News Alerts Sign up to get breaking news and interesting stories from Rhode Island in your inbox each weekday. Enter Email Sign Up 'A Homeland Security Investigations agent suffered serious injury during the encounter,' prosecutors said. Tamup-Tamup was first arrested on April 19 and charged with driving under the influence, after his car hit another vehicle, according to prosecutors, who said his 'fingerprints matched ICE fingerprint records associated with a person flagged as being in the United States illegally.' He was arraigned and released, officials said. Then on April 30, ICE deportation officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents stopped a vehicle Tamup-Tamup was driving in Providence, prosecutors said. 'After he refused to exit, the law enforcement agents guided him out of the vehicle,' officials said. 'While the agents attempted to place [Tamup-Tamup] in handcuffs, he resisted, threw his upper body and shoulders against the agents, flailed his arms, and broke an agent's hold. During the encounter, one of the agents fell to the ground and suffered a serious leg injury.' Advertisement Tamup-Tamup fled the scene as agents attended to their injured colleague, prosecutors said. The agent's condition was unknown on Friday. On Thursday, he was located at a Providence residence and arrested, officials said. Christopher Gavin can be reached at
