Anthony Gonzalez Alvarez, Felony Interference with Federal Agents, Illinois 2025

Chicago, Illinois – In a shocking display of disregard for the law, Anthony Gonzalez Alvarez, a 27-year-old man from Lyons, Illinois, has admitted to using his vehicle to impede and intimidate federal immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago.

On October 3, 2025, Gonzalez Alvarez joined a caravan of vehicles that was following a vehicle driven by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers on the Southwest Side of Chicago. In a brazen attempt to disrupt the immigration operation, Gonzalez Alvarez drove his Ford pickup truck into the rear passenger-side of the CBP vehicle.

According to court documents, Gonzalez Alvarez admitted that he used his vehicle to impede, intimidate, and interfere with the work of federal immigration agents. To conceal his involvement in the collision, he filed a false report with the Chicago Police Department, claiming that his truck had been stolen on the morning of the collision.

Gonzalez Alvarez pleaded guilty to one count of misprision of felony, a felony conviction with a statutory maximum sentence of three years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge LaShonda A. Hunt set sentencing for July 22, 2026.

The guilty plea was announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Douglas S. DePodesta, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI.

Anthony Gonzalez Alvarez, 27, of Lyons, Ill., pleaded guilty to one count of misprision of felony. The exact date of the crime was October 3, 2025. Gonzalez Alvarez is currently facing a maximum sentence of three years in federal prison.

This disturbing incident highlights the growing threat of individuals who seek to disrupt and intimidate federal agents as they carry out their duties. It is essential that those who commit such crimes are held accountable for their actions.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/man-admits-feloniously-using-his-vehicle-impede-intimidate-and-interfere-work-federal