Brazilian man pleads guilty after biting, spitting on ICE officers in Hartford arrest: prosecutors

A Brazilian national has pleaded guilty to assault on a federal officer after a violent arrest last year in Connecticut, during which he allegedly bit one Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer and spit on another, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Luis Peterson Rohr Ferreira Borges, 25, entered the guilty plea Thursday before U.S. District Judge Vernon Oliver in Hartford, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.

The case stems from a June 25...