Luis David Niño-Moncada is a Venezuelan national who was living in the Portland, Oregon, area at the time he was shot and wounded by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in January 2026. He later pleaded guilty to a federal property-damage charge stemming from the encounter and was ordered deported to Venezuela.
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A Border Patrol agent shot and wounded two unarmed Venezuelan nationals in a Portland hospital parking lot on January 8, 2026. DHS says the driver weaponized his truck; charges against both were later reduced, and a bullet-removal incident drew scrutiny.
