Patterson ICE shooting leads to federal indictment of suspect

A Salvadoran man, Carlos Iván Mendoza Hernández, was indicted on two counts of assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon and one count of destruction of government property after an April 7 ICE operation in Patterson, California, where prosecutors say he used his vehicle to threaten and strike officers; his attorney says officers opened fire first. The case, part of a series of California immigration-agent shootings, could carry up to 20 years on each assault count and 10 years on the destruction charge, with arraignment scheduled forthcoming.