An immigration activist was detained for several hours after a federal agent allegedly rammed his pickup truck in Ventura County on Thursday morning.

Leo Martinez, a well-known activist with the watchdog group VC Defensa, said he was driving around Oxnard after learning that four Immigration and Customs Enforcement cars were patrolling an industrial area.

He admitted to following and observing the agents but claimed he stayed at a distance. He said that he was turning around when the agents tried to keep him from leaving.

"I'm trying to get out and do a few circles, trying to get out," Martinez recalled. "That's when they hit me the first time, and then they came through in the video that shows when they hit me really hard."

While the video doesn't show the first collision, it does sho

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