Illegal Immigrant Facing Prison After Ramming His Car Into Law Enforcement Vehicles
An illegal immigrant is facing federal charges after allegedly using his car to assault law enforcement in Los Angeles. The incident unfolded during a planned immigration arrest in South Los Angeles. Officials say the episode put agents at serious risk.
Acting United States Attorney Bill Essayli announced the arrest on Tuesday, identifying the suspect as Carlitos Ricardo Parias, 44. Authorities say Parias slammed his gray Toyota Camry into multiple law enforcement vehicles while trying to avoid capture. The case came after agents were conducting surveillance tied to an administrative immigration arrest warrant.
Federal agents had Parias under watch in Historic South-Central when the collision happened, according to court filings. Officers moved to block the Camry and take him into custody. What followed is laid out in the affidavit quoted below.
According to an affidavit filed with the complaint, on Tuesday morning, federal agents set up surveillance on a block in the Historic South-Central area of South Los Angeles. Parias was the subject of an administrative immigration arrest warrant and had avoided capture before. Agents saw Parias leave a home and enter a gray Toyota Camry and drive eastbound down a street.
Law enforcement then drove and positioned a vehicle to prevent Parias from driving further east. Parias apparently recognized that vehicle as law enforcement then quickly reversed the Camry. As the Camry reversed, two other law enforcement vehicles approached it and prevented its further travel. The three law enforcement vehicles boxed in the Camry, leaving it with no reasonable means of escape.
Once the Camry was boxed in, federal agents approached it and gave Parias orders to exit the car and submit to arrest. Parias ignored those commands and drove the Camry both forward and back, hitting two of the law enforcement vehicles.
Given Parias’s continued refusal to comply with agents’ orders, an agent attempted to break the Camry’s driver’s side window. Parias still refused to submit to arrest, and then drove the Camry more aggressively, forwards towards one law enforcement vehicle. Parias’s aggressive driving escalated to the point that large plumes of smoke formed around the Camry, apparently caused by the spinning of the car’s tires.
One of the agents opened fire, wounding Parias. Another deputy marshal was also wounded after a ricochet bullet hit him. Neither individual sustained life-threatening injuries.
In a statement posted on X, Essayli noted that “vehicles are deadly weapons” and that “anyone who uses them against federal agents risks arrest, imprisonment, and life-threatening injuries.”
Parias could face up to eight years in prison if convicted on the federal charges tied to assaulting law enforcement with a vehicle. The potential sentence underscores the federal view that using a car as a weapon is a serious offense. Prosecutors will press the case in federal court.
This was not a random traffic dispute; it was an enforcement action tied to an administrative immigration warrant. Agents had reason to detain Parias based on prior avoidance of capture, which is why the operation involved multiple law enforcement vehicles. That sequence of events is central to the government’s complaint.
From a law-and-order perspective, the incident highlights two hard truths: first, officers must be able to do their jobs without being assaulted, and second, vehicles weaponized against officers demand decisive response. The affidavit paints a clear picture of a suspect who refused repeated orders and escalated the confrontation instead of surrendering.
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