Brazilian National Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Federal Officers During His Arrest

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that LUIS PETERSON ROHR FERREIRA BORGES, 25, a citizen of Brazil, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Vernon D. Oliver in Hartford to assault on a federal officer.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Ferreira Borges has a case pending in Connecticut Superior Court stemming from an arrest on September 16, 2023.  In that case, he is charged with assault of public safety, emergency medical, public transit or health care personnel; assault in the third degree; breach of peace in the second degree; interfering with an officer; and intimidation based on bigotry or bias in the first degree.  On October 10, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an arrest warrant for Ferreira Borges charging him with being present in the United States in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

On June 25, 2025, federal law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations officers, apprehended Ferreira Borges in the area of Zion Street in Hartford.  Ferreira Borges was non-compliant and resisted arrest.  After being placed in a government vehicle, he kicked, flailed, and screamed obscenities at the ERO officers.  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.  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.

Ferreira Borges has been detained since his arrest.  Judge Oliver scheduled sentencing for April 16, at which time Ferreira Borges faces a maximum term of imprisonment of one year.

This matter is being investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Neeraj N. Patel.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.