Three anti-ICE influencers indicted for stalking, doxxing immigration officer on Instagram
Indictment in California accuses Cynthia Raygoza, Sandra Carmona Samane and Ashleigh Brown of tailing an ICE officer to his home and broadcasting his address online.
A federal grand jury indicted Cynthia Raygoza, Sandra Carmona Samane and Ashleigh Brown on Wednesday for stalking an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer to his California home and doxxing him in an Instagram livestream.
Prosecutors say the three tailed the officer from the Los Angeles ICE field office to his residence on Aug. 28 in a black sedan, then hopped out wearing masks to film him and his wife in their driveway. They can be heard on the livestream shouting the officer’s personal home address and threatening to throw a coffee cup at him. The Instagram accounts ice_out_ofla, defendmesoamericanculture and corn_maiden_design later scrubbed the footage but continued to post anti-ICE memes and videos of their protests online. The indictment charges two counts for conspiracy and for disclosing personal information of a federal agent; if convicted, the three face up to 10 years in prison and potential fines.
The indictment was handed down the same day that an anti-ICE gunman opened fire on federal officers at a Dallas field office. Shooter Joshua Jahn meticulously plotted the attack and fired from a rooftop with a Nazi battle rifle at a nearby van carrying three detained migrants; one of the migrants was killed and two others were hospitalized in critical condition. Investigators released photos showing a handwritten note reading, “Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, ‘is there a sniper with AP rounds on that roof?’”
Our federal law enforcement officers face a 1000% increase in assaults against them, unprecedented online doxing, and are having cars used as weapons against them, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement connected to the incident.
In a broader political backdrop, California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a batch of bills banning masking statewide, including for ICE officers who keep their identities concealed during operations. LA’s protest movement against immigration enforcement drew heavy policing and legal scrutiny in June, with city officials later estimating emergency response and property damage costs surpassing $32 million. LA’s acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli characterized the masking ban and related issues as unconstitutional and said federal agencies would disregard California’s law and adhere to federal policies. The city and state have been part of a wider debate over sanctuary policies and law enforcement funding as federal and state authorities navigate a challenging, sometimes tense, security landscape.