LOS ANGELES | Three activists, one from Aurora, opposed to President Donald Trump’s Los Angeles immigration raids have been indicted on charges of illegally “doxing“ a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, federal prosecutors said.
Investigators said the women followed the agent home, livestreamed their pursuit and then posted the agent’s address online, according to a statement Friday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Once they arrived at the agent’s home, prosecutors allege the women shouted “ICE lives on your street and you should know,” according to the indictment.
After the three women disclosed the agent’s address on Instagram they told viewers, “Come on down.”
Indicted and charged were Cynthia Raygoza, 37, of Riverside, California, Ashleigh Brown, 38, of Aurora, and Sandra Carmona Samane, 25, of Panaroma City, California.
Crown was arraigned Monday, according to Justice officials. She pleaded not guilty and was scheduled for trial in a federal court in Los Angeles Nov. 18.
All three defendants are each charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of publicly disclosing the personal information of a federal agent, the statement said.
Samane is free on $5,000 bond. Brown, who is also charged in a separate case with assault on a federal officer, is in custody without bond, officials said.
Authorities are searching for Raygoza.
“Our brave federal agents put their lives on the line every day to keep our nation safe,” Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement. “The conduct of these defendants are deeply offensive to law enforcement officers and their families. If you threaten, dox, or harm in any manner one of our agents or employees, you will face prosecution and prison time.”
Doxing is a typically malicious practice that involves gathering private or identifying information and releasing it online without the person’s permission, usually in an attempt to harass, threaten, shame or exact revenge.
Attorneys for the women could not immediately be reached Monday. An email was sent to the Federal Public Defender’s Office asking if its attorneys are representing the defendants.
According to the indictment, the three women last month followed an ICE agent from the federal building in downtown Los Angeles to the agent’s residence in Baldwin Park east of LA. They livestreamed the entire event, court documents say.
In July, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem threatened to prosecute people for publishing federal agents’ personal information in response to fliers in Portland, Oregon, that called for people to collect intel on ICE.
Critics of the Trump administration’s raids have expressed outrage over federal agents wearing masks and refusing to identify themselves in public while arresting immigrants in California.
Last week, California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces while conducting official business.
Sentinel staff writers contributed to this report.
Serious jail time is warranted for all three.
Those who deny that the Supremacy clause in the US Constitution doesn’t apply to them and obstruct or interfere with those lawfully enforcing federal law are traitors straight up and must be dealt with as such.
I didn’t vote for Trump but I certainly support the DOJ and DHS enforcing immigration law. Those weak on US history should take note of the parallel with the southern states’ denial of the Supremacy clause and the failed Confederacy that ensued. South Carolina lost 18,000 soldiers in the Civil War. Remember that.
If anyone was wondering why ICE agents need to wear masks, here is your answer.
We’re not even a year into this administration. It’s just going to get worse and worse. More ICE agents will be doxxed and there will be more assassinations. The left’s degeneracy has only just begun.