{"id":285877,"date":"2026-05-09T14:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/285877\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T14:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:03:15","slug":"immigrant-found-guilty-after-ramming-ice-vehicles-outside-north-side-walmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/285877\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigrant found guilty after ramming ICE vehicles outside North Side Walmart"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 An immigrant who rammed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicles<\/a> outside a North Side Walmart earlier this year was found guilty on Friday after less than three hours of deliberations. <\/p>\n

Robyn Argote-Brooks<\/a>, 25, faces up to 10 years in prison after he was convicted on a damaging government property charge. <\/p>\n

Argote-Brooks was acquitted of forcibly assaulting a federal officer, which would have carried a prison sentence of up to 20 years. <\/p>\n

His sentencing date has been set for Sept. 1. Argote-Brooks will remain in custody \u201cnot only for total conviction, but because I suspect an immigration detainer,\u201d U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery said. <\/p>\n

Argote-Brooks\u2019 trial began on Wednesday. Prosecutors rested their case on Thursday morning<\/a> after calling six witnesses to the stand over the course of two days. The witness list included multiple ICE officers. <\/p>\n

On Thursday, Argote-Brooks explained what was going through his mind during his encounter with the ICE officers on Jan. 13 in the 12600 block of Blanco Road. <\/p>\n

Federal authorities previously said officers attempted to make contact with Argote-Brooks after running his license plates and discovering his parole status \u2014 which had allowed him to remain in the United States \u2014 was terminated.<\/p>\n

Video shown in court on Thursday captured the confrontation that prosecutors said led to the two federal charges against Argote-Brooks.<\/p>\n

Testifying through a translator, Argote-Brooks said he was working for a delivery service and waiting for an order in the Walmart parking lot while watching videos on his phone when several men approached him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told him, \u2018I don\u2019t speak English, and that I didn\u2019t understand,\u2019\u201d Argote-Brooks told jurors. <\/p>\n

He later told jurors that he became frightened after seeing masked men approach his vehicle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was scared because I see somebody who is coming with a face mask covering his face and asking for my keys,\u201d Argote-Brooks said in court on Thursday. \u201cThey haven\u2019t identified themselves or told me what I did wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Argote-Brooks turned on the vehicle\u2019s ignition and reversed into a government vehicle, then drove forward and crashed into another government-owned vehicle parked in front of his car, according to an arrest affidavit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An ICE officer told jurors that he had parked his vehicle in front of Argote-Brooks but did not have time to get out before the collision. The officer testified that he suffered injuries that kept him out of work for about a week.<\/p>\n

Argote-Brooks told the jury he never intended to hurt anyone.<\/p>\n

During cross-examination on Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Amy Marie Walker questioned Argote-Brooks about whether he knew his immigration status had changed and whether he had received notice that his legal status in the United States had been terminated.<\/p>\n

Argote-Brooks repeatedly testified that he never received any notice and did not believe he had done anything wrong.<\/p>\n

According to documents discussed in court, his parole status \u2014 which allowed him to remain legally in the United States \u2014 was terminated in May 2025.<\/p>\n

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