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Department of Justice charged Luis Nino Moncada for aggravated assault on a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and depredation of federal property.
According to a charging document filed in court by the FBI, the immigration agents feared they could be hit by the truck he was driving.
One agent fired two shots into the driver's side window.
Yolanas Zambrano Contreras, the passenger in the vehicle, was also wounded.
Court records show she was the target of the immigration operation.
She's charged with illegal entry.
The Department of Homeland Security says the two are connected to a Venezuelan gang.
Court documents show the FBI has not found video of the incident.
For NPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Portland.
The armed standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was led by folks from outside Harney County.
Those who work near the refuge say a decade later, the occupier's message didn't stick.
Brenda Smith runs a nonprofit in Harney County that for years has hosted conversations between ranchers, conservation groups, and federal land managers.
Republican State Representative Mark Owens also farms in the county.
The occupation lasted 41 days, and before it was over, the leaders were arrested and one was shot and killed by police.
For NPR News, I'm Conrad Wilson in Harney County, Oregon.
District Court Judge Karen Emmerget found President Trump did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard.
She also said her ruling did not mean the president can never deploy soldiers in Oregon or anywhere else, quote, if conditions on the ground justify the Guard's intervention.
The ruling follows a three-day trial over Trump's decision to send troops to protests outside a U.S.