Venezuelan tackled by federal agents in dramatic courthouse arrest in February

(Reuters) - A Venezuelan antheral presently successful migration detention was arrested successful February wrong a New Hampshire courthouse by national agents who tackled him and knocked implicit a bystander, surveillance footage showed.

Arnuel Marquez Colmenarez is successful U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody successful Texas, ICE records show.

Marquez Colmenarez had arrived astatine a courthouse successful Nashua, New Hampshire connected February 20 to beryllium arraigned connected misdemeanor charges, the Boston Globe reported. Marquez Colmenarez was past approached by 2 men who identified themselves arsenic national agents, who past tackled him arsenic helium tried to flee, according to the Globe.

New Hampshire Public Radio reported that Marquez Colmenarez faced charges stemming from an apprehension for driving nether the influence. Reuters could not instantly corroborate the charges helium faced. The constabulary departments successful Nashua and neighboring Hudson, New Hampshire did not instantly respond to requests for comment.

Surveillance video provided by the New Hampshire Judicial Branch to Reuters showed a antheral wearing a sweatshirt bearing the letters "ATF" pat Marquez Colmenarez connected the enarthrosis arsenic helium prepared to exit an elevator. ATF stands for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

Marquez Colmenarez past turned to look the man, earlier turning astir again to permission the elevator, the footage showed.

The antheral successful the ATF sweatshirt and different cause past attempted to drawback Marquez Colmenarez, and chased him into a lobby, the footage showed. An older antheral walking with a cane fell to the crushed arsenic the 2 agents tackled Marquez Colmenarez portion arresting him, the video showed.

The surveillance video did not person sound.

Neither ICE nor ATF instantly responded to a petition for comment. Marquez Colmenarez could not beryllium reached for comment.

President Donald Trump has enlisted thousands of national instrumentality enforcement officials from aggregate agencies to instrumentality connected caller enactment arsenic migration enforcers.

(Reporting by Luc Cohen successful New York, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)