A Brazilian man has admitted to charges of assaulting a federal officer, following a tumultuous arrest in Connecticut last year where he reportedly bit one ICE officer and spat on another, federal prosecutors announced on Friday.
On Thursday, 25-year-old Luis Peterson Rohr Ferreira Borges confessed to the charges before U.S. District Judge Vernon Oliver in Hartford, as stated in a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.
This incident traces back to June 25, 2025, when ICE officers detained Ferreira Borges near Zion Street in Hartford.
According to prosecutors, he resisted arrest and became aggressive once in custody.
An image of Zion Street in Hartford, Connecticut. (Google Maps)
Inside the government vehicle, he reportedly started kicking, thrashing, and shouting profanities at the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers, the prosecutors noted.
“As the vehicle traveled to the federal building on Main Street in Hartford, Ferreira Borges began raising and moving his leg, which was inches away from the ERO officer who was driving the vehicle, and Ferreira Borges stated he was going to kick the officer in the neck,” as noted in the release.
Prosecutors say he then bit another ERO officer who attempted to restrain him and spit on the officer driving the vehicle.
A close-up of an ICE officer’s badge and gear at the Whipple Federal building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 8, 2026. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
“Ferreira Borges then started to bite another ERO officer who tried to control him, and spit on the ERO officer who was driving the vehicle,” the release noted.
Ferreira Borges has remained in custody since his arrest.
He faces up to one year in prison when he is sentenced on April 16.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an arrest warrant for Ferreira Borges on Oct. 10, 2023, charging him with being in the U.S. in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The ICE headquarters are seen on April 14, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Pete Kiehart for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
That warrant followed a separate September 2023 arrest on state charges, including assault on public safety personnel, third-degree assault, breach of peace, interfering with an officer and first-degree intimidation based on bigotry or bias, as noted in the release.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
