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ICE agents falsely charged Francisco Longoria with assaulting officers to cover up their unlawful shooting, jailing him three months

Twelve days after ICE and CBP agents fired at his truck during an unlawful, warrantless stop, federal agents conducted a pre-dawn raid on Francisco Longoria's home on August 28, 2025 and charged him with assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon, alleging he had "weaponized" his truck. Longoria, who had no prior criminal record, was held at the Adelanto ICE detention facility for approximately three months. At his bond hearing, the U.S. attorney acknowledged he could not identify any lawful basis for the original stop or any injuries to officers; the felony charge was dropped September 17, 2025, but Longoria remained in immigration detention until early December 2025.

Jurisdiction
Federal
Location
San Bernardino, California

Abuses documented

Actors

Rather than investigating the August 16, 2025 shooting of his truck, federal agents conducted a pre-dawn raid on Francisco Longoria's home on August 28, 2025, using helmeted officers with night-vision goggles and assault rifles. Agents arrested Longoria on a felony charge of assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon — alleging he had weaponized his truck by driving away from the earlier stop — and delivered him to the Adelanto ICE detention facility. Longoria had no prior criminal record.

At the bond hearing, the U.S. attorney acknowledged he was unaware of any injuries to the officers and could not identify a lawful basis for the initial stop that preceded the shooting. The judge called cellphone video recorded during the stop "quite scary" and granted bond, but Longoria remained subject to an ICE detainer. He spent approximately three months in detention. While at Adelanto, he reported inadequate food, water, and medical care; at least two other detainees died at the facility during his time there.

The federal felony charge against Longoria was dropped on September 17, 2025. He was not released, however: he remained in ICE custody under the immigration detainer until early December 2025, when he was released wearing an ankle monitor. He remains in removal proceedings and unable to work.

Updates

2025-09-17 — Federal felony charge against Longoria dropped [1]

The charge of assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon was dismissed. At the bond hearing, the U.S. attorney had acknowledged he could not identify a lawful basis for the initial vehicle stop or any injuries to the officers.

2025-12 — Longoria released from Adelanto after three months in detention [1]

Francisco Longoria was released from Adelanto ICE detention in early December 2025, approximately three months after his arrest, despite the underlying felony charge having been dropped in September. He returned home wearing an ankle monitor and remains in removal proceedings, unable to work.

2026-07-27 — Family filed a federal lawsuit over the false charge and detention [1]

The Longoria family filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. government and the officers involved, alleging that officers made false statements that caused a felony charge against an innocent person and that the arrest was part of "a wide-ranging pattern of behavior where ICE and/or CBP officers shoot or otherwise attack innocent people and then manufacture charges … falsely alleging the innocent individual 'weaponized' their vehicle, only to later dismiss all charges."

Why we recorded this

The government may not use criminal charges to deflect accountability for its own unlawful conduct. Twelve days after ICE and CBP agents shot at Francisco Longoria's truck during a stop with no identified lawful basis, federal agents raided his home and charged him with assaulting officers — a charge the prosecuting attorney could not substantiate at the bond hearing and that was dropped three weeks later — while Longoria, who had no criminal record, spent three months in immigration detention. This archive records when federal agencies manufacture criminal process against a civilian to suppress accountability for their own use of force.

Sources

  1. He was shot at by ICE, then wrongfully accused. His nightmare had only just begun — The Guardian investigative accessed July 27, 2026
  2. San Bernardino man shot at by immigration agents taken into federal custody — ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC) primary accessed July 27, 2026

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