{"id":403066,"date":"2026-09-18T00:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T00:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403066\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T00:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T00:46:10","slug":"man-claimed-he-was-the-most-important-ice-agent-in-miami-hes-now-been-arrested-for-impersonation-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403066\/","title":{"rendered":"Man claimed he was \u2018the most important ICE agent in Miami.\u2019 He\u2019s now been arrested for impersonation \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man accused of impersonating a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent and threatening employees at a Miami Gardens food truck is behind bars, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators identified the suspect as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/man-accused-of-threatening-victim-with-gun-while-impersonating-ice-agent-in-miami-dade\/3860600\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jonathan Gonzalez Reyes<\/a>, who faces multiple charges, including aggravated assault and impersonating an officer.<\/p>\n<p>Exclusive surveillance video obtained by NBC6 appears to show Reyes arriving at a Miami Gardens parking lot in a vehicle equipped with blue flashing lights. In the video, Reyes can also be seen wearing what appears to be a badge and carrying what appears to be a holstered firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Luis Rodriguez, owner of the food truck where the incidents allegedly occurred, said Reyes first approached the business several months ago and portrayed himself as a high-ranking ICE agent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He started talking to one of my employees, saying he was a very important person,&#8221; Rodriguez said. &#8220;He said that he was the most important ICE agent in Miami.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/091726-Jonathan-Christian-Gonzalez-Reyes-surveillance.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Surveillnace footage showed Jonathan Christian Gonzalez-Reyes wearing a badge and gun, authorities said.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tCourtesyCourtesy<\/p>\n<p>Surveillnace footage showed Jonathan Christian Gonzalez-Reyes wearing a badge and gun, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez said Reyes attempted to convince him that he could help resolve immigration-related issues in exchange for money.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rodriguez, Reyes spoke loudly about undocumented immigrants while standing near him and his employees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He made sure I was right next to him so I could hear,&#8221; Rodriguez said. &#8220;He was saying, &#8216;Yes, yes, we have two Nicaraguans and one Haitian.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez said he became suspicious and asked Reyes to leave.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I said, &#8216;This circus you have going on right here is getting very annoying and very uncomfortable for me and my employees,'&#8221; Rodriguez recalled. &#8220;&#8216;I&#8217;m going to ask you to please get out of my business and never come back.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>About a month later, Rodriguez said Reyes returned.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video from that visit captures what Rodriguez described as a confrontation involving one of his employees. Rodriguez alleges Reyes threatened the employee with a gun, threatened to pistol-whip him and claimed he would plant drugs inside the business to get it shut down.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez said he decided to publicly share his story because he\u2019s an American citizen and felt he could voice this story.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s why I didn&#8217;t let this guy trick me,&#8221; Rodriguez said. &#8220;But I wouldn&#8217;t imagine what it would be like for somebody else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He believes other people may have been targeted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m pretty sure he went to other places and tried to scam people,&#8221; Rodriguez said. He is encouraging others to reach out to authorities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Reyes&#8217; bond was set at\u00a0$11,000 across several charges.<\/p>\n<p>NBC6 reached out to ICE for comment. The agency said this was the first time it had heard about the case.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man accused of impersonating a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent and threatening employees at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226,2033],"class_list":["post-403066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news","tag-only-on-6"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}