Posted on 06/10/2025 4:52:18 AM PDT by george76
Authorities have identified Elpidio Reyna as the suspect who allegedly threw rocks at Border Patrol vehicles in Paramount, injuring an agent.
U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli and Chief Gregory Bovino emphasized their commitment to finding Reyna and continuing immigration enforcement despite protests.
The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Reyna's arrest.
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - Authorities have now identified the man they say threw rocks at Border Patrol vehicles Saturday in Paramount, injuring one of their agents.
According to U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, the suspect has been identified as Elpidio Reyna.
"He thinks he's untouchable," said Essayli. "He's finding out tonight that he has unleashed the power of the federal government, and we will find him."
On Saturday, Border Patrol had a staging area in Paramount when they were confronted by protesters. Agitators then started throwing glass bottles and chunks of cement toward authorities, who fired back with tear gas and rubber bullets.
"As our agents were leaving the area, rocks were thrown, severely injuring one of our agents," said Chief Gregory Bovino from Border Patrol's El Centro sector.
Video obtained by Fox shows Border Patrol agents leaving the tense situation Saturday while their vehicle was hit by numerous rocks.
The FBI used social media videos and a FOX 11 news report to identify the rock thrower they say is named Elpidio Reyna.
"You interviewed him yourself where he was trying to get the trucks to block the Border Patrol officers," said Essayli. "Anybody who assaulted our officers, we've got the FBI working around the clock. We will find you, and we will arrest you, and we will charge you."
"We're not going to be deterred in what we do for immigration enforcement," said Chief Bovino.
According to officials, they're going to continue investigating protest videos shared on social media to make additional arrests.
"We have a mission here in Los Angeles," said Bovino. "We won't be deterred from that mission. Whether it's arresting illegal aliens or protecting federal facilities, we're going to do that."
"If anyone thinks this guy or any other thug out there is going to stop us from doing our job, they've got to think again," said Essayli. "They're going to be doubling our resources. There's going to be even more enforcement in the city of Los Angeles now because of the activities you see on TV."
The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for any information leading to Reyna's arrest.
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Now let’s hear the “Bondi isn’t doing anything” whiner chorus chime in.
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The whiners are certainly TIRESOME.
TheJudges who let them out MUST be held accountable.
It serves 2 purposes.
One is a message to the others who think there’s safety in numbers. Second is to soil his pants.
After four years of Merrick Garland, I cannot fathom the mess she had to clean up at Justice.
Maybe these whiners have forgotten the Garland era - short attention span and all...
And they did it all without facial recognition software. #MasksDontWork #DontTellThem
$50K?
Someone he knows will drop a dime.
They need to hang this “breakfast taco” from a street light.
“After four years of Merrick Garland, I cannot fathom the mess she had to clean up at Justice.”
And not just Garland. Obama had 8 years to seed the entire Federal Government with all manner of leftist scum. Then they played games to move these creeps into positions protected by Civil Service rules.
It’ll take a couple of years to flush them all out.
Do I want them all gone? Damned right I do. But I want it done right so some judge in Guam can’t reverse it tomorrow.
Adults plan for success. Impatient fools rush to “do something” only to fail.
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Papers or not, he needs to go back to the land he loves so dearly.
After ten years in a Salvadoran prison.
Those whiny babies are part of the Freeper Les Miserables brigade
FWIW, I’m hearing multiple versions of goings-on in the LA area.
On Conservative radio, I heard a guy with an established reputation state that he “knows the LA area” and asserted that the raids/riots were concentrated in a poor suburb (might have been ‘Paramount’) which is comprised of 80% Latino/migrants/aliens.
I have family in central CA who asserts that things are quiet.
Obviously, media reports are biased.
I’m waiting for someone to map out the incidents to get an overview of what’s actually happening and the consequent (and expected) tactical escalation by the left.
I’m busy and haven’t read ‘everything,’ but it appears that CHIRLA organized a response to ICE raids based upon their tried & true ‘blm’ method, and both what’s happening & being reported is all according to plan. I now also believe that they’re using ‘mostly peaceful’ as a dog whistle for for either deployment and/or violence. I hope there’s an email trail.
The rest of this month should prove quite interesting...
It’s been posted elsewhere, he was convicted in 2011 of providing Cocaine to a minor
If it’s the video i saw, he should be hit with about 8 or 9 charges of attempted murder.
He’s down in the mexico craphole getting a medal from sheinbaum.
My understanding is that some of the officers had injuries from the glass being broken. Looks like assault on a federal officer with injury carries up to 20 years. In the video I see at least four or five throws. Each is one count, so he’s looking at seriously hard time
https://medvinlaw.com/federal-law-penalties-assault-on-law-enforcement-officers-defense-attorney/
See my 19. Better to undercharge a little and lock down the conviction, that stretch for attempted murder and not get a conviction. This though I agree that this was attempted murder
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