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August 5, 2026

Another Cop-Attacker, Here Illegally, Gets Hard Time

By Drew Hayes

One by one, criminals who attacked law enforcement during the anti-ice riots in LA last year. The Department of Justice reports: “An illegal alien from Mexico living in the Lincoln Heights area of Los Angeles was sentenced today to 37 months in federal prison for pouring two bottles of lighter fluid onto a burning California Highway Patrol (CHP) vehicle and throwing an electric scooter over a freeway overpass near officers during an anti‑immigration law enforcement riot in a downtown Los Angeles last year. Yachua Mauricio Flores, 23, was sentenced by United States District Judge John F. Walter, who also ordered him to pay $253,415 in restitution. Flores pleaded guilty on April 27 to one count of obstructing, impeding, and interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder.

This is the latest in a series of successful prosecutions of violent rioters who attack law enforcement officers. 

Read the press release from the DOJ, here.

Read more here.

 

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Drew Hayes
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