Posted on 07/19/2025 11:19:39 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
LOS ANGELES – An illegal alien from Mexico has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with orchestrating a phony kidnapping – which she blamed on federal agents or people working with federal agents – to generate public sympathy and solicit donations, the Justice Department announced today.
Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, 41, of South Los Angeles, is charged with conspiracy and making false statements to federal officers.
Calderon, who is now U.S. immigration custody, is expected to make her initial appearance in the coming weeks in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles.
“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,” said United States Attorney Bill Essayli. “The conduct alleged in today’s complaint shows this hoax ‘kidnapping’ was a well-orchestrated conspiracy. The defendant and all those involved will face the full consequences of their conduct under federal law. I thank our partners at Homeland Security Investigations and all federal agents facing unprecedented levels of assaults for once again providing cool heads and professionalism during these difficult times.”
According to an affidavit filed with the complaint filed Wednesday, an attorney representing Calderon’s family held a press conference on June 30 to announce that Calderon had reportedly been kidnapped five days earlier at a Jack in the Box restaurant parking lot in downtown Los Angeles and brought to San Ysidro, where “she was presented to [a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] staffer” and “presented with voluntary self-deportation paperwork.”
The attorney then said Calderon refused to sign the paperwork and demanded to speak to a judge and a lawyer. In response, “she was punished” and was sent to a warehouse in an undisclosed location.
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(Tijuana Brawley)
😀😃🤣🤣🤣😝😜
Cunning little foxes!
Oh, that’s nicely done, ^5, LOL!
You have to bear in mind that it’s not the best and the brightest who are sneaking across the border. As a group these are undereducated and unsophisticated peasants. Not the type to be able to throughly think through and successfully pull off a caper like this
Rev. Al Charlatan (nod to Chris Plante for the name) probably had one of his private luxury jets ready to take him for photo-ops when he got the news of the hoax report.
Oh, well, back to kissing Mamdani on the cheeks (all four of them).
Every sad story I read regarding these illegals, I wonder which demonic charity 'we the people' funded to sneak these 'foxes' into the USA... Is she a Catholic Charities trafficker, or did the Lutherans or some other human trafficker get paid for her trip.
We won’t be laughing when her “as told to” bestselling book tour takes the headlines.
Forced Into Hoax: An Immigrant Woman’s Only Way To Fight Back Against Trump.
True story: I was in a brick and mortar book store last week and passed by a sales table full of the new book by E. Jean Carroll and ghostwriter. Unbelievable.
The table of tbose books being FULL is a good sign that no one wants to read her garbage!!!
This, of course, is why I havent contributed to the local bishop’s annual appeal for years. The American bishops are pro-illegal immigrant. Any money given to them makes its way in part to Catholic Charities and other NGOs to facilitate illegal immigration. Likewise, until Leo was elected this year I hadn’t given to the annual Peter’s Pence collection to support the works of the Pope. Francis gave Millions to directly facilitate illegal caravans, but none of it was my money
Let’s hope it stays that way.
Kasich and others made it to the “2 for $1” shelf next to the drain cleaner in the Dollar Stores really quickly. Then out to the recycling centers. Room needed for My Favorite Quotations by Hillary Clinton. 📚📚
The US government paid billions to the fake charities... You did not need to contribute at your local church ... it was taken from all of US by the government .. Catholic Charities collected the largest amount, but, they were not the only human traffickers, that ‘we the people’, paid.
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/illegal-immigration-and-the-catholic-church-follow-the-money
Illegal Immigration and the Catholic Church: Follow the Money
Catholics are not the only so called charity collecting tax payer dollars in the trafficking business ... they are the largest recipients of tax payer dollars...
I remember one of Biden’s massive spending bills contained $3B for the NGOs that were facilitating the breaking of the law
She looks like Susan Boyle before her makeover.
Something tells me it would be cheaper for all those in a local jail be given a $500/month allowance to serve their jail terms in the country of their origin-cheaper and better than a jail cell. When the sentence is up their return can be settled on a case by case basis.
Exactly.
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