An unsealed affidavit and criminal complaint concerning Luis Nino-Moncada, the Portland illegal alien who was shot on Thursday after ramming into a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle, further destroys the fake news and Oregon elected officials' narrative of neighbors being targeted and a "married couple" wounded by "ICE" violence.
Nino-Moncada has been charged under 18 USC §§111(a) and 111(b): aggravated assault on a federal officer by using a deadly or dangerous weapon to inflict bodily injury, and 18 USC §1361: damage to federal property in excess of $1,000. Attorney General Pam Bondi posted photos on X showing the damage Nino-Moncada caused to the Border Patrol vehicle with his truck.
Anyone who crosses the red line of assaulting law enforcement will be met with the full force of this Justice Department.
According to a newly unsealed complaint, Luis Nino-Moncada — an illegal alien in Portland, Oregon with ties to Tren de Aragua — is alleged to have repeatedly rammed a Border Patrol vehicle, threatening the lives of federal law enforcement officers.
He should NEVER have been in our country to begin with, and we will ensure he NEVER walks free in America again.
Nino-Moncada was under order of removal by a Denver, CO immigration judge in 2024. More than a year later, he was still in the country, which highlights the necessity of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement sweeps. Because Nino-Moncada was embedded in the sanctuary city of Portland, he could have escaped detection for many years more, showing what a scourge these cities and their leaders continue to be to the community that simply wants law and order and to a nation that ultimately pays for Portland's refusal to allow any illegal, especially those involved in criminality, to be removed.
From the complaint:
LUIS NINO-MONCADA is also known to law enforcement as a Venezuelan TdA associate and was previously ordered removed by an immigration judge in Denver, Colorado, on November 21, 2024, and is eligible for arrest and removal. Law enforcement continues to investigate the links between these subjects and TdA.
Nino-Moncada was not even the person of interest that Border Patrol was seeking. Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, whom the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) previously identified, was referred to in the complaint as "Adult Female 1." Zambrano-Contreras was a known associate of Luis Nino-Moncada, so the trail led to him.
Adult Female 1 was previously arrested by U.S. Border Patrol near El Paso, Texas, as part of a family unit on September 17, 2023, and served with a Notice to Appear and instructed to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Portland, Oregon. Adult Female 1 never checked in with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and was eligible to be arrested and held in immigration custody. 8. According to Law Enforcement reports, Adult Female 1 is a Venezuelan national known to be involved with a Tren de Aragua (TdA) prostitution ring and believed to have been previously involved in a shooting stemming from a bad prostitution deal in Washington County on or around July 7, 2025. Law enforcement had knowledge that Adult Female 1 was associated with LUIS NINO-MONCADA.
The complaint also details how Zambrano-Contreras, "Adult Female 1," is a special piece of work. Zambrano-Contreras was well known in the area, with connections to prostitution rings, and was named in another incident that involved a shooting. Portland Police Bureau (PPB) Chief Bob Day had much of this information when he held a press conference shortly after the Thursday shooting, but deliberately withheld the information about these two and their ties to Tren de Aragua (TdA). When DHS released the full details and the mug shots of Luis Nino-Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, Day later revealed that he had hidden the information, then broke down in tears because he was concerned about victim blaming.
Day was more concerned about these two miscreants than he was about the taxpaying and legal citizens of Portland and the American people knowing the full scope of the investigation, as well as the full scope of the danger these two posed.
As the complaint detailed, on January 8, six Border Patrol agents located Nino-Moncada's vehicle, verified the license plate, and that Adult Female 1, aka Zambrano-Contreras, was with him. When the BP agents moved in to apprehend the subjects is when Nino-Moncada reacted — badly.
At approximately 2 p.m., Border Patrol agents initiated a traffic stop of the target vehicle in the parking lot of Adventist Health Primary Care using four unmarked vehicles. Six Border Patrol agents exited the vehicles. Four Border Patrol agents approached the target vehicle, and two Border Patrol agents remained near the vehicles. The Border Patrol agents identified themselves as law enforcement officers to the occupants and were wearing law enforcement identifying markings, including tactical vests and/or badges. One Border Patrol agent described the driver, LUIS NINO-MONCADA, as appearing anxious and visibly moving around in the driver seat.
A Border Patrol agent interviewed by FBI special agents described being fearful that LUIS NINO-MONCADA could strike them and other Border Patrol agents with the target vehicle. Another Border Patrol agent then fired their service weapon at the driver of the target vehicle. The target vehicle then fled the scene. It was unknown at the time if the shots struck either LUIS NINO-MONCADA or Adult Female 1.
Nino-Moncada fled to a nearby apartment building and called for 911, which brought EMS and the Portland Police Bureau to the scene. While EMS provided medical assistance to Nino-Moncada, he repeatedly yelled, "F@$k ICE." Both illegals were taken to the hospital to receive further medical care. PPB at least did their job here by alerting federal law enforcement.
After receiving medical attention, LUIS NINO-MONCADA was read his Miranda rights and was interviewed by FBI Special Agents. In the interview, LUIS NINOMONCADA admitted to intentionally ramming the Border Patrol vehicle in an attempt to flee, and he stated that he knew they were immigration enforcement vehicles.
Had it not been for the diligent work of those Border Patrol agents to track down and attempt to apprehend Luis Nino-Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, this human detritus would have continued in their nefarious, illicit, and deadly trafficking operations that endangered the community. That's not very neighborly at all, but this is who Day and the anti-ICE activists choose to stand up for.