{"id":58843,"date":"2025-09-02T22:03:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=58843"},"modified":"2025-09-02T22:03:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:03:36","slug":"tow-truck-driver-accused-of-towing-federal-vehicle-during-l-a-immigration-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/tow-truck-driver-accused-of-towing-federal-vehicle-during-l-a-immigration-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Tow truck driver accused of towing federal vehicle during L.A. immigration arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Los Angeles tow truck driver was arrested after allegedly towing away a government vehicle that federal officers were using in an immigration arrest, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a criminal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/south-la-man-arrested-federal-complaint-charging-him-illegally-towing-government\">complaint<\/a>, 33-year-old Bobby Nunez interfered with Homeland Security Investigations officers on August 15 as they attempted to arrest 23-year-old Tatiana Mafla-Martinez, a Colombian national living in Los Angeles without legal status. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers had used two government vehicles with emergency lights activated to block her car outside a luxury apartment complex downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the officers\u2019 struggle to arrest Martinez, Nunez approached the vehicle and began pressing the passenger side door of her vehicle on an officer, who then threatened Nunez with arrest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being told the officers were conducting a federal investigation, Nunez swore at the officers and told them \u201cSomething was going to happen\u201d to them, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A second man then approached the woman&#8217;s vehicle to interfere with the arrests. 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