Illegal Alien Sentenced for Ramming Government Vehicles

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Illegal alien Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins sentenced for ramming gov vehicles in Maryland.

BALTIMORE, MD – An illegal alien from Portugal has been sentenced in federal court for destroying government property by ramming law enforcement vehicles. Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, 30, received a sentence of time served, totaling 103 days, and was ordered to pay $1,000 in restitution. The sentence was handed down by Magistrate Judge Charles Austin.

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According to details presented in court, on Christmas Eve 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers initiated a traffic stop on Sousa-Martins’s vehicle. Officers used their own vehicles to surround and immobilize his van. After exiting their vehicles and identifying themselves, officers instructed Sousa-Martins to exit his vehicle, but he refused. In response, officers broke the driver’s side window and attempted to remove him. Sousa-Martins then put his vehicle in drive, moved a short distance, and subsequently maneuvered his van back and forth between the government vehicles before reversing into the vehicle directly behind him. He continued to reverse, pushing that vehicle into another government vehicle, causing damage to both.

This case is part of “Operation Take Back America,” a broad initiative by the Department of Justice aimed at combating illegal immigration, dismantling cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and addressing violent crime.

The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Kelly O. Hayes, announced the plea and sentence in conjunction with Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul of the FBI Baltimore Field Office and Acting Field Office Director Vernon Liggins of ICE-ERO’s Baltimore Field Office.

Article by Mel Anara, based upon information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland

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