Authorities in Colorado are desperately searching for a convicted child abuser who rammed his vehicle into Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Jose Mendez-Chavez, 31, a Mexican national, remains on the loose since he tried to assault officers with his vehicle at new home construction sites in Sterling Ranch, south of Denver, on Thursday morning, KOAA reports.
None of the officers were injured in the attack, but it prompted one agent to fire his weapon at least three times in a residential area.
ICE officials quickly apprehended the other suspect in the vehicle, identified as Francisco Zapata-Pacheo, whom they say is now cooperating with law enforcement.
But Mendez-Chavez’s whereabouts remain unknown, as ICE agents revealed that he is a convicted child abuser with previous arrests for domestic violence and entering the country illegally a half dozen times,