{"id":2588184,"date":"2026-04-07T17:27:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ice-officers-shoot-alleged-illegal-alien-gang-member-who-weaponized-his-vehicle\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:29:30","slug":"breaking-ice-officers-shoot-alleged-illegal-alien-gang-member-who-weaponized-his-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ice-officers-shoot-alleged-illegal-alien-gang-member-who-weaponized-his-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: ICE Officers Shoot Alleged Illegal Alien Gang Member Who &#8216;Weaponized His Vehicle&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-ice-officers-shoot-alleged-illegal-alien-gang-member-who-weaponized-his-vehicle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2588184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An immigration-enforcement incident in Patterson, California led to a shooting when Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, an alleged 18th Street Gang member wanted in both El Salvador and California for murders, allegedly tried to weaponize his vehicle against ICE officers during a targeted stop.ICE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-major-asset-is-headed-to-minnesota-amid-continued-unrest-i-am-sending-tom-homan-6\/\" title=\"Trump Announces Major Asset is Headed to Minnesota Amid Continued Unrest: &#039;I am Sending Tom Homan&#039;\">officers fired defensive shots<\/a>; Mendoza was taken to a local hospital,and his exact condition was not clear,with no reported injuries to ICE personnel. The FBI is investigating the case in coordination with the Stanislaus County Sheriff\u2019s office, and nearby ramps to Interstate 5 were closed during the inquiry. The report cites KTVU as the source linking Mendoza to the murders and includes statements from Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons about the incident.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An illegal alien with suspected ties to two murders in two countries was shot by immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in California&nbsp; Tuesday after allegedly trying to turn his vehicle into a weapon against the officers.<\/p>\n<p>The illegal was identified as Carlos Ivan Mendoza, an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >alleged gang member wanted<\/a> for questioning in connection with a murder in California, as well as a murder in his native El Salvador, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/ice-shoots-person-near-californias-i-5-highway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTVU-TV<\/a> in Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>His condition was unclear on Tuesday. There were no reports of injuries among ICE agents.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News&rsquo; Bill Melugin posted a statement from acting ICE Director Todd Lyons about the incident:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: Statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?\">@FoxNews<\/a> via Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, confirming the above:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;On April 7, 2026, ICE officers were conducting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-2-shot-in-oregon-after-trying-to-run-over-border-patrol-agents\/\" title=\"Breaking: 2 Shot in Oregon After Trying to Run Over Border Patrol Agents\">targeted vehicle stop<\/a> in Patterson, CA to arrest Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, an 18th Street Gang member wanted in El Salvador for&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/2041584416594796638?\">April 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the statement, Lyons laid responsibility for the violence squarely on the illegal alien.<\/p>\n<p>Calling Mendoza a member of the 18th Street Gang in Patterson, Lyons said ICE agents were engaged in a &ldquo;targeted vehicle stop.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As officers approached the car, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-shoots-suspect-in-northern-california\/\" title=\"ICE shoots suspect in Northern ...\">wanted gang member weaponized<\/a> his vehicle in an attempt to run an officer over. Following their training, our officers fired defensive shots to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and the public.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The illegal alien was taken to a local hospital. The FBI is on the scene,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Many details about the incident were unclear Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to KTVU, the Stanislaus County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office posted an alert on at about 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time.<\/p>\n<p>The statement noted that on ramps and off ramps to Interstate 5 in Patterson were closed because of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>In a follow-up statement, the sheriff&rsquo;s office stressed that none of its personnel were involved in the shooting itself.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fstansheriff%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02yM6QqeCY9dpzXTVc2B3q1xSk3q5eya7qRDYMh7KUCGEmme8VhArZAkWevQj3obzgl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"776\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/live-blog\/live-updates-ice-involved-shooting-san-jose-california-rcna267108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>, the FBI&rsquo;s field office in Sacramento confirmed that it is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are conducting a thorough investigation in partnership with the Stanislaus County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office and are grateful for the Patterson community&rsquo;s continued patience and support,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Details about the killings Mendoza is believed to have information about were unavailable Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man described as an undocumented immigrant, Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, who was suspected in two murders (one in California and one in El Salvador), was shot by ICE agents in California on Tuesday after allegedly trying to turn his vehicle into a weapon against the officers. ICE identified him as an 18th Street Gang member wanted for questioning in El Salvador. Officials say the agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop in Patterson, CA, when Mendoza allegedly weaponized the car to strike an officer. Following their training, the officers fired defensive shots to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and the public. Mendoza was taken to a local hospital, and there were no reported injuries to ICE personnel; his condition was not immediately clear. The FBI is on the scene, and the Stanislaus County Sheriff\u2019s Office noted that ramps to Interstate 5 in Patterson were closed because of the shooting, stressing that sheriff\u2019s personnel were not involved in the shooting. The FBI\u2019s Sacramento field office is investigating in cooperation with the Stanislaus County Sheriff\u2019s Office, and details about the killings Mendoza is believed to have information about were not available at the time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2588185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/POlice-ICE.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[70371,75265,8364,3813,71499],"class_list":["post-2588184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-breaking-news-2","tag-gang-violence-2","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-police-shooting-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/POlice-ICE.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2588184"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2588188,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2588184\/revisions\/2588188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2588185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2588184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2588184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2588184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}