Illegal alien charged with attempted murder for throwing Molotov cocktail at officers in LA riots: DHS

FIRST ON FOX – The Department of Homeland Security connected Wednesday announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a antecedently deported amerciable migrant from Mexico aft helium allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail astatine instrumentality enforcement amid rioting successful Los Angeles connected June 7.

LA has experienced days of unrest, with agitators mounting occurrence to cars, throwing bricks and fireworks astatine constabulary officers and vehicles, graffiting property, looting businesses, and smashing windows of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) office downtown successful effect to ICE raids successful the metropolis past week.

Emiliano Garduno-Galvez is charged with attempted execution aft throwing the Molotov cocktail. 

"Emiliano Garduno-Galvez is simply a transgression amerciable alien from Mexico who threatened the lives of national instrumentality enforcement officers by attacking them with a Molotov cocktail during the convulsive riots successful Los Angeles. ICE arrested Garduno-Galvez, and helium is present being charged with attempted murder. These are the types of transgression amerciable aliens that rioters are warring to protect," Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said successful a Wednesday statement. 

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Emiliano Garduno-Galvez is charged with attempted execution aft throwing the Molotov cocktail.  (ICE)

McLaughlin added: "The Los Angeles rioters volition not halt america oregon dilatory america down. And if you laic a manus connected a instrumentality enforcement officer, you volition beryllium prosecuted to the fullest grade of the law." 

DHS noted that Garduno-Galvez had antecedently been deported and has a anterior transgression record, including a 2024 apprehension for expansive theft adjacent the Anaheim Police Department and a DUI successful Long Beach.

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DHS noted that Garduno-Galvez had antecedently been deported and has a anterior transgression record, including a 2024 apprehension for expansive theft adjacent the Anaheim Police Department and a DUI successful Long Beach. (DHS)

Demonstrations person been popping up crossed the country, from Asheville, North Carolina, to Chicago to Los Angeles, wherever unrest broke retired implicit the play pursuing a raid. 

DHS said ICE raids successful LA implicit the play resulted successful "hundreds of amerciable aliens [being] arrested by ICE officers and agents," including "many with a transgression past and transgression convictions."

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Video footage captured a idiosyncratic DHS says is the fishy who threw a Molotov cocktail astatine constabulary connected June 7. (DHS)

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DHS listed much accusation astir 19 suspects who ICE Los Angeles arrested connected June 7 who are accused of crimes ranging from robbery to second-degree execution to rape.

"America’s brave ICE officers are removing the worst of the worst from LA’s streets, portion LA’s leaders are moving tirelessly against them," DHS said successful a Sunday connection arsenic riots continued done the weekend.