A 29-year-old man from Guatemala is facing a federal criminal charge after prosecutors say he resisted and assaulted officers during an immigration arrest last week.

Manolo Morales Lopez is charged with a single count of forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, or interfering with federal officers while they carried out official duties, U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley’s office said in a statement . Morales Lopez made an initial appearance in federal court on Sept. 12 and was released on conditions.

On the morning of Sept. 12, members of an immigration enforcement task force, comprising two special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a Homeland Security Investigations agent and an Enforcement and Removal Officer, appro

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