Two staff members at a surgery center in San Bernardino County have been charged via a federal criminal complaint alleging they assaulted and interfered with United States immigration officers attempting to lawfully detain an illegal alien.
Jose de Jesus Ortega, 38, of Highland, was arrested this morning and is expected to make his initial appearance this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Riverside.
As of early this afternoon, law enforcement officers are seeking to locate and arrest for Danielle Nadine Davila, 33, of Corona.
Ortega and Davila are charged with assaulting a federal officer and conspiracy to prevent by force and intimidation a federal officer from discharging his duties.
The arrests were authorized by Federal Judge Sheri Pym, based upon an affidavit filed by an as-yet unidentified special agent with Homeland Security Investigations. The affidavit, which was obtained by the Sentinel was an unsigned draft of that presented to Judge Pym. Its author is self-described in the affidavit as having served as a special agent since March 2023 and that he is currently assigned as the Homeland Security Investigations assistant special agent in charge at the federal complex in Riverside.
The affidavit relates the narrative provided by two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, described only as Officer One and Officer Two, who were conducted roving immigration-related operations as part of their duties in Ontario on July 8. According to the affidavit, the officers were wearing government-issued equipment, including law enforcement vests, and were in an unmarked government vehicle, following a truck with three adult men when the truck made a quick turn into the parking lot of the Ontario Advanced Surgery Center at 1211 West 6th Street. The affidavit states,” The three adult males exited the truck, and one of them began urinating on the exterior wall of the surgery center. At that time, Officer One and Officer Two decided to conduct a consensual encounter with the three adult males. As soon as Officer One and Officer Two exited their vehicle, the two non-urinating males fled the area on foot in opposite directions. According to Officer One, one of the fleeing males, later identified as an illegal alien (the “Target Alien”), ran towards the entrance of the surgery center. Officer One followed the Target Alien, while Officer Two stayed with the adult male who did not flee.”
The affidavit identifies the target alien as “a Honduran national without permission to be in the United States.” The Sentinel has learned his name is Denis Guillen-Solis and he came into the United States through Mexico without registering.
According to the affidavit, Guillen-Solis was “partially detained” near the surgery center’s front entrance before he resisted and pulled away, causing both him and the ICE officer to fall to the ground. Shortly afterward, a medical staffer helped the alien off the ground and helped pull him away from the officer. Guillen-Solis went inside the surgery center and was pursued by the ICE officer, who eventually stopped him.
According to the affidavit, Ortega and Davila, both dressed in medical scrubs, impeded and interfered with the arrest. Davila did so, according to the affidavit, by wedging herself in between the officer and the alien, pushing the officer, and shouting, “Let him go!” and “Get out!” Ortega grabbed the officer’s arm and then his vest, according to the affidavit.
The officer called for assistance and another ICE officer arrived on scene and saw multiple staff members grabbing the first officer. The officers eventually detained and handcuffed the Guillen-Solis, then exited the surgery center with him
According to the affiant, he was able to make an accurate description of what occurred inside the Ontario Advanced Surgery Center in some measure based upon videos of the incident that were available, including posted on YouTube by the New York Post and another video clip of the incident posted on YouTube by KTLA.
Those video are viewable at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PW6Bysinn0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yhox15fvDw
Those videos were made by other employees at the surgery center. The videos were closely viewed by federal agents who then went to surgery center and surreptitiously observed, videoed and photographed the employees there, identifying both Ortega and Davila. Characteristics used to identify Ortega was his height, tattoos visible on his arm, his affinity for headgear with an LA logo on it and facial recognition. Davila was identified via her reddish-brown hair, her eyeglasses and facial recognition.
U.S.. Attorney for Central California Bill Essayli noted that in much of the media coverage of what occurred in its immediate aftermath on July 8, 9 and 10, the officers were depicted as having violated the principle of medical privacy as a result of the ordeal taking place at a medical office.
“This story is another example of a false narrative echoed in the media in furtherance of an agenda to delegitimize federal agents,” Essayli said. “The illegal alien arrested inside the surgery center was not a patient. He ran inside for cover and these defendants attempted to block his apprehension by assaulting our agents. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you work, if you assault our agents or otherwise interfere with our operations, you will be arrested and charged with a federal crime.”
Under sentencing guidelines, the defendants, if convicted, face a statutory maximum sentence of eight years in federal prison on the assault count and up to six years in federal prison on the conspiracy count.
Homeland Security Investigations is conducting follow-up investigations on the matter.

Assistant United States Attorney Cory Burleson of the Riverside Branch Office is prosecuting this case.