Lefty Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was amongst these to assist gasoline an alleged hoax that claimed ICE had kidnapped an unlawful immigrant mother after which tried to drive her to self-deport.
Bass unfold the claims in a newly resurfaced social media submit — simply weeks earlier than the migrant, Yuriana Julia “Juli” Pelaez Calderon, was accused of staging the kidnapping as a part of an elaborate rip-off.
“She’s a mother from LA — taken out of her car on her way to work, and then held in a warehouse as officers hoped she would ‘self-deport.’ No hearing. Just fear. This doesn’t make anyone safer,” the Bass posted on X on July 1.
Calderon was charged Thursday with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officers after the feds mentioned she falsely claimed two armed bounty hunters had ambushed her at gunpoint at a Jack within the Field restaurant parking zone in downtown Los Angeles.
Her household held a press convention concerning the so-called saga, alleging the lads had taken her to San Ysidro the place an ICE staffer tried to get her self-deport.
They later created a GoFundMe web page soliciting donations.
However federal prosecutors mentioned the complete story was a part of a hoax to rip-off individuals and “smear federal law enforcement.”
“Dangerous rhetoric that ICE agents are ‘kidnapping’ illegal immigrants is being recklessly peddled by politicians and echoed in the media to inflame the public and discredit our courageous federal agents,” US Legal professional Invoice Essayli mentioned.
“The conduct alleged in today’s complaint shows this hoax kidnapping was a well-orchestrated conspiracy.”
