A federal grand jury in Rhode Island has indicted Miguel Tamup-Tamup, a/k/a Miguel US Tamup, 28, an illegally present Guatemalan national, on two counts of assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, or interfering with federal officers engaged in official duties. He allegedly struggled with an ICE deportation officer and Homeland Security Investigations agents as they attempted to apprehend him pursuant to an arrest warrant on April 30, 2024, and an HSI agent suffered a serious injury during the encounter. Prior to the federal charges, Tamup-Tamup had been arrested on April 19, 2025 on a charge of driving under the influence after his car allegedly collided with another vehicle.

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