Federal jury indicts three women over ICE doxing in California

A federal grand jury indicted three women over allegedly illegally doxing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday. 

The three women — two from Southern California and one from Colorado — allegedly followed an ICE agent home, livestreaming the encounter and posting the officer’s home address on Instagram. 

The women — Cynthia Raygoza, 37, of Riverside, Calif.; Ashleigh Brown, 38, of Aurora, Colo. and Sandra Carmona Samane, 25, of Panorama City, Calif. — were charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of publicly disclosing the personal information of a federal agent, according to the indictment unsealed on Friday. 

“Our brave federal agents put their lives on the line every day to keep our nation safe,” Acting U.S. Attorney of Central District of California, Bill Essayli, said in a statement. “The conduct of these defendants are deeply offensive to law enforcement officers and their families. If you threaten, dox, or harm in any manner one of our agents or employees, you will face prosecution and prison time.”

Samane and Brown were detained on federal criminal complaints. Brown is in federal custody without bond, while Samane is free on $5,000 bond, the DOJ said. The search for Raygoza is ongoing. 

The indictment comes as the ICE's raids across the country have faced fierce pushback from activists and Democrats. The Trump administration in recent weeks has vowed to crackdown on those being violent or impeding the work of federal immigration officials. 

Late Friday, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the Justice Department will deploy federal agents to ICE facilities and  “wherever” federal immigration officers come “under siege."

The women allegedly followed the ICE agent from the Civic Center district in Los Angeles to his home on Aug. 28, according to the indictment. 

The defendants livestreamed their pursuit on Instagram and were giving directions to the ICE agent’s home. When they got to the officer’s home, the women shouted to bystanders during the Instagram livestream that their “neighbor is ICE,” “la migra lives here,” and “ICE lives on your street and you should know,” prosecutors said in the indictment. 

If convicted, the three women could face up to five years in prison for each count, the DOJ said.