The man was acquitted on four felony counts in connection to an encounter on June 6 on Camano Island.

SEATTLE — A jury has acquitted a man accused of assaulting federal immigration agents during an arrest last summer.

Victor Vivanco-Reyes was found not guilty on four felony counts in U.S. District Court in Seattle on January 9. The charges stemmed from an encounter on June 6 on Camano Island.

The Department of Homeland Security says Vivanco-Reyes is an undocumented Mexican national and had an immigration warrant issued in May based on his criminal history. He previously had a felony conviction in 2019 and a misdemeanor conviction in 2024.

Court documents show federal agents surveilled him for weeks and first tried to arrest him in the Mount Vernon area, but he got away. Two weeks later, agents used a helicopter to track him to a Camano Island job site, where he was working as a landscaper.

Vivanco-Reyes tried to drive away in a company truck hauling a lawnmower, crashing into the agents’ vehicles before being arrested moments later. Two agents suffered minor injuries.

During the trial, prosecutors said Vivanco-Reyes used his truck as a dangerous weapon while trying to escape, but his attorneys argued he was simply trying to get away and did not intend to injure the agents.

After a five-day trial, the jury found him not guilty on all counts. Court records show he remains in custody on an immigration hold.

KING 5 spoke with his partner, Jessica Solano, after his arrest last year. She said he has a son, and at the time, she was pregnant with their child. She called the arrest “devastating” for their family.

“The despair, the panic, the separation of families, the violence, the chaos… I feel like it’s all going to affect the future of this next coming generation,” she said.

KING 5 Investigators also found that immigration agents accessed Washington State Department of Licensing data – something restricted under state law.

The “Keep Washington Working Act” limits state agencies from sharing private information with federal immigration enforcement.