{"id":256443,"date":"2026-04-07T22:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256443\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T22:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:25:08","slug":"ice-agents-shoot-18th-street-gang-member-who-weaponized-his-vehicle-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256443\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE agents shoot 18th Street Gang member who ‘weaponized his vehicle’ in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u00a0agents on Tuesday shot a gang member<\/a> who tried to run them down with his car as they moved to arrest him, officials said.<\/p>\n

The ICE\u00a0agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in the Central Valley town of Patterson to arrest 18th Street Gang<\/a> member Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, who is wanted in El Salvador in connection to a murder, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, said in a statement that Hernandez tried to run the agents down as they moved to take him into custody. \u00a0<\/p>\n

ICE agents in Patterson sought to arrest Hernandez. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs officers approached the car, the wanted gang member<\/a> weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over,\u201d said\u00a0Lyons.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing their training, our officers fired defensive shots to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and the public,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Hernandez was taken to a local hospital, Lyons said. Federal agents on the scene are investigating the incident.<\/p>\n

Hernandez tried to run the ICE agents down, officials said. <\/p>\n

The condition of Hernandez was unknown. <\/p>\n

The Stanislaus County Sheriff\u2019s Office said it is \u201cassisting with an officer-involved shooting in our jurisdiction involving agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,\u201d in a post on Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time, we can confirm that no local law enforcement was involved in the incident,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

The agents shot Hernandez and he was taken to a local hospital. <\/p>\n

The 18th Street Gang, also known as Barrio 18, is a gigantic and extremely violent transnational criminal organization founded in Los Angeles in the 1960s more than 50,000 members across the US, Mexico, and Central America. <\/p>\n

Known for murder and extortion, 18th Street is closely allied with the Mexican Mafia and controls a large portion of the narcotics trade in Los Angeles and around the country.<\/p>\n

The gang has been a target for ICE agents and local police alike. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u00a0agents on Tuesday shot a gang member who tried to run them down with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,723,61132,24650,2871,14,4182,3586],"class_list":["post-256443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-crime","tag-el-salvador","tag-gangs","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-metro","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}