Federal officers detain, tackle moped driver amid Trump D.C. police crackdown

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Six agents wearing police vests without clear identification of their agencies detained a man they later identified as a Venezuelan national in Northwest Washington.

Federal agents detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a Northwest Washington coffee shop Saturday morning, an incident captured on video by numerous witnesses — including a Washington Post reporter — that showed the officers tackling him to the ground, holding him down and appearing to use a stun gun before driving him away in an unmarked black vehicle.

After video of the incident spread widely online, a Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman identified the man as Cristian Enrique Carias Torres, a Venezuelan national who she said illegally entered the United States in 2023 and was ordered removed by an immigration judge later that year.

The spokeswoman, Tricia McLaughlin, said he had “repeatedly failed to appear for multiple court dates in Maryland related to a long list of traffic crimes” for which he had active warrants. She said he resisted arrest. No information was available Sunday to determine whether he had applied for any form of protection from deportation.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the incident on X on Sunday evening, echoing the Department of Homeland Security’s statement that Carias Torres had an active removal order and described him as having “suspected gang affiliation.” The Department of Homeland Security did not answer questions from The Post on Saturday about whether authorities had reason to believe Carias Torres had a violent criminal history and did not respond to follow-up questions requesting information about the Maryland traffic crimes.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/17/dc-arrests-violent-takedown-immigration/

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1. Video of the incident

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cFX6q8tsIhY