Brownsville, TX (KRGV) — A federal grand jury indictment charges a 28-year-old Mexican national with hitting two federal agents with a truck as he tried to avoid arrest in Brownsville, according to a news release from the office of United States Attorney Aaron Reitz.

The news release said Eduardo Perez-Rodriguez faces two counts of using his vehicle as a deadly or dangerous weapon to forcibly assault two federal agents. He remains in custody as the case moves forward.

According to the indictment, authorities stopped a Ford F-150 on Oct. 2 after they determined Perez-Rodriguez was in the country illegally.

The indictment says agents told Perez-Rodriguez to get out of the truck, but he refused and sped away. Authorities said he hit two agents and ran over one agent’s foot.

If convicted, Perez-Rodriguez could face up to 20 years in federal prison and a maximum $250,000 fine on each count.