Former DACA recipient with violent criminal past flees ICE, tries balcony jump during Chicago arrest

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents successful Chicago this week arrested a Mexican nationalist and erstwhile DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipient with a convulsive and lengthy transgression past who entered the U.S. illegally, officials said.

ICE described Alan Eduardo Garcia’s apprehension arsenic "high-risk" due to the fact that of his "repeated aggression and attempts to evade arrest."

Garcia’s transgression grounds includes arrests and convictions for felony strangulation, home battery, disorderly conduct, artillery causing bodily injury, and aggravated artillery against a handicapped oregon large woman, and unlawful usage of a firearm.

ICE officers apt saved the 31-year-old’s life, who was arrested arsenic portion of Operation Midway Blitz successful Chicago, by stopping him from jumping disconnected a third-floor balcony, during his pursuit, ICE said.

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ICE agents this week arrested a Mexican nationalist and erstwhile DACA recipient successful Chicago with a lengthy transgression history, officials said. (ICE)

Despite antecedently being a DACA recipient, his presumption was denied successful 2019, during President Donald Trump’s archetypal administration.

ICE officers archetypal attempted to apprehension Garcia during an Oct. 8 postulation stop, but helium allegedly fled astatine the time, ramming a authorities conveyance and driving astatine speeds topping 100 mph.

On Wednesday, officers attempted to apprehension him again aft helium near his flat and got into his car.

Garcia again rammed officers’ cars and sped disconnected earlier fleeing connected ft and barricading himself wrong his apartment, ICE said.

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ICE officers archetypal attempted to apprehension Garcia connected Oct. 8 during a postulation stop, but helium allegedly fled astatine the time, ramming a authorities conveyance and driving astatine speeds topping 100 mph. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Officers entered his flat and apprehended him arsenic helium was attempting to leap disconnected the balcony.

Garcia allegedly struck officers earlier helium was handcuffed.

Two officers sustained injuries during the apprehension and were treated astatine an urgent attraction facility.

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Garcia remains successful ICE custody, pending migration proceedings. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"The information and well-being of our officers is our apical priority," ICE Chicago Field Office Director Sam Olson said successful a statement. "This incidental highlights the risks our officers look regular successful carrying retired their duties to support our communities. We commend their professionalism and courageousness successful handling this unsafe situation."

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He remains successful ICE custody, pending migration proceedings.

Also connected Wednesday, a daycare worker was arrested extracurricular of her enactment successful Chicago. 

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