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The Independent
12 hours ago
- The Independent
Heavily armed federal agents blow door off suspect's home. He wasn't there — but girlfriend and kids were
Heavily armed federal agents blew the door off a suspect's home in Huntington Park, south of Los Angeles, when he wasn't there. But his girlfriend and kids were. The incident took place early on Friday morning as the authorities used a drone to search room by room for a man officials say rammed a federal vehicle during immigration raids last week. 'They were right here with their rifles, and we heard some screaming up in the front, but we couldn't see because everything was blocked, but it was pretty shocking,' neighbor Lourdes Salazar told KABC. The suspect, Jorge Sierra-Hernandez, wasn't present when agents arrived, but his girlfriend, Jenny Ramirez, and two children were. Sierra-Ramirez turned himself in on Friday and was released on bail and is now back with his family. 'If they would've knocked on my door, I would have opened the door, but they blew up the window and door first,' said Ramirez. ' There didn't have to be that violence to enter my house.' The front door was blown off, and a window was shattered as a drone was sent in. Inside, Ramirez tried to protect her children. She told the local TV station that she was sleeping alongside her baby when her neighbor called to say that dozens of agents were outside her home. 'Where they broke the window, my baby was there, and before I got him out of there was when it exploded,' Ramirez told KABC. 'My ears went blank, I imagine how they felt. They were shaking.' After the explosion, she dropped to the floor with her children. A drone entered and searched for Sierra-Ramirez. 'They didn't knock on the door, they didn't let me know they were them, they just blew up my window and my door, and a drone came in,' she told KABC. After the drone left, as many as nine agents entered the home with guns drawn, escorting Ramirez and the children outside. 'They didn't identify themselves until I came out, they told me they were from Homeland Security' and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, she said. She added that when she asked for an explanation, they told her, 'When we find him, he's going to know why.' 'What happened here this morning is hard to put into words,' said Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores. 'This family did nothing wrong,' he said. 'They were involved in a minor traffic accident, and this is the level of violence and the response that we get.' The federal response came after a government spokesperson claimed that Sierra-Ramirez rammed his car into a border patrol vehicle and obstructed federal agents during a protest against ICE raids last week in the area of Bell and Maywood. 'Set aside the monetary damage. You cannot put physical damage, you cannot put a dollar amount on the emotional damage and the trauma, also for the children,' said Flores. large-scale protests against President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement in downtown Los Angles and neighboring communities. A record number of immigrants are in detention centers across the country as the Trump administration ramps up arrests and deploys federal officers from across law enforcement agencies to focus on immigration enforcement.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
‘Minor Traffic Accident' Led Federal Agents To Blast Into American Family's Home: Reports
A group of armed federal immigration agents in Huntington Park, California, blasted their way into a family's home Friday morning while searching for a man they accused of charging into a law enforcement vehicle, according to several media outlets. 'I just heard the loudest blast of my life,' resident Jenny Ramirez told NBC Los Angeles. 'I told them, 'You didn't have to do this. You scared my son, my baby and myself.'' Ring camera footage obtained by the outlet shows a group of armed Customs and Border Protection agents placing an explosive device near Ramirez's home before a fiery explosion breached the front of the residence. The agents then entered one by one with weapons drawn. 'If they would've knocked on my door I would have opened the door, but they blew up the window and door first,' Ramirez told ABC7. 'There didn't have to be that violence to enter my house.' Ramirez told NBC Los Angeles she heard the explosion —which blew off her door and shattered the windows — a little after 6 a.m. Friday. She said she and her two children, ages 1 and 6, were the only people inside the house at the time, which she shares with her boyfriend, Jorge Sierra-Hernandez. 'Where they broke the window, my baby was there, and before I got him out of there was when it exploded,' Ramirez told ABC7. 'My ears went blank, I imagine how they felt. They were shaking.' Ramirez said authorities did not give her any warning that they wanted to enter the home, adding that they deployed a drone into her house after setting off the explosive device. The agents werelooking for Sierra-Hernandez, who a CBP spokesperson confirmed to HuffPost was a U.S. citizen. The spokesperson said Sierra-Hernandez had 'rammed his car into a CBP vehicle, causing significant damage and obstructed agents' work during an operation.' 'During this incident, agents were assaulted, and additional rioters threw rocks and other objects at our personnel,' the spokesperson continued. 'Anyone who actively obstructs or assaults law enforcement, including U.S. citizens, will face consequences which include arrest.' However, Ramirez told NBCLA that her boyfriend had tried to stop his Jeep, but unintentionally hit the back of a CBP truck carrying federal agents. She said federal agents informed them they were free to go after the crash and that her boyfriend planned on turning himself in. Sierra-Hernandez ultimately turned himself in, and is now free on bail, ABC 7 reported. 'This family did nothing wrong,' Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores told the news outlet. 'They were involved in a minor traffic accident and this is the level of violence and the response that we get.' You Can Actually Help Kneecap Trump's 'Mass Deportation' Arrests. Here's How. 6-Year-Old With Leukemia In Immigration Detention After Family's Arrest At Courthouse: Lawsuit Shocking Video Shows Father Of Marines Battered By ICE Agents
Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
‘Minor Traffic Accident' Led Federal Agents To Blast Into American Family's Home: Reports
A group of armed federal immigration agents in Huntington Park, California, blasted their way into a family's home Friday morning while searching for a man they accused of charging into a law enforcement vehicle, according to several media outlets. 'I just heard the loudest blast of my life,' resident Jenny Ramirez told NBC Los Angeles. 'I told them, 'You didn't have to do this. You scared my son, my baby and myself.'' Ring camera footage obtained by the outlet shows a group of armed Customs and Border Protection agents placing an explosive device near Ramirez's home before a fiery explosion breached the front of the residence. The agents then entered one by one with weapons drawn. 'If they would've knocked on my door I would have opened the door, but they blew up the window and door first,' Ramirez told ABC7. 'There didn't have to be that violence to enter my house.' Ramirez told NBC Los Angeles she heard the explosion —which blew off her door and shattered the windows — a little after 6 a.m. Friday. She said she and her two children, ages 1 and 6, were the only people inside the house at the time, which she shares with her boyfriend, Jorge Sierra-Hernandez. 'Where they broke the window, my baby was there, and before I got him out of there was when it exploded,' Ramirez told ABC7. 'My ears went blank, I imagine how they felt. They were shaking.' Ramirez said authorities did not give her any warning that they wanted to enter the home, adding that they deployed a drone into her house after setting off the explosive device. The agents werelooking for Sierra-Hernandez, who a CBP spokesperson confirmed to HuffPost was a U.S. citizen. The spokesperson said Sierra-Hernandez had 'rammed his car into a CBP vehicle, causing significant damage and obstructed agents' work during an operation.' 'During this incident, agents were assaulted, and additional rioters threw rocks and other objects at our personnel,' the spokesperson continued. 'Anyone who actively obstructs or assaults law enforcement, including U.S. citizens, will face consequences which include arrest.' However, Ramirez told NBCLA that her boyfriend had tried to stop his Jeep, but unintentionally hit the back of a CBP truck carrying federal agents. She said federal agents informed them they were free to go after the crash and that her boyfriend planned on turning himself in. Sierra-Hernandez ultimately turned himself in, and is now free on bail, ABC 7 reported. 'This family did nothing wrong,' Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores told the news outlet. 'They were involved in a minor traffic accident and this is the level of violence and the response that we get.' You Can Actually Help Kneecap Trump's 'Mass Deportation' Arrests. Here's How. 6-Year-Old With Leukemia In Immigration Detention After Family's Arrest At Courthouse: Lawsuit Shocking Video Shows Father Of Marines Battered By ICE Agents
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Moment Border Patrol use huge explosion to blast their way into house with woman and two children
A California mother-of-two was left in tears after Border Patrol agents used a massive explosion to blow down her front door during a terrifying early-morning raid caught on camera. The shocking scene unfolded in Huntington Park, Los Angeles, where Jenny Ramirez and her two young children, ages one and six, were jolted awake by a deafening blast before a dozen armed agents in full tactical gear stormed the home. Surveillance footage obtained by NBC Los Angeles shows agents planting an explosive device on the door before detonating it - shattering a window and sending shockwaves through the quiet neighborhood. Moments later, around a dozen federal agents charged toward the house with weapons drawn. Inside were Ramirez, her boyfriend Jorge Sierra-Hernandez, and their two children. Speaking through tears, Ramirez told NBC it was one of the loudest explosions she'd ever heard. 'I told them, 'You guys didn't have to do this, you scared by son, my baby,' Ramirez told NBC. Ramirez said she was given no warning about the raid and insisted that everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen. According to Ramirez, the agents said they were searching for her boyfriend, who she claims was recently involved in an accidental collision with a truck carrying federal officers. She said the explosion traumatized her children - and that agents flew a drone into the house during the chaos. A spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection said Sierra-Hernandez was arrested for allegedly ramming a CBP vehicle, 'causing significant damage,' and obstructing law enforcement efforts. They added that agents were 'assaulted' during the incident, and that 'additional rioters threw rocks and other objects at our personnel.' The explosive raid comes amid an aggressive ramp-up in federal immigration enforcement across Southern California. In recent weeks, ICE agents have detained immigrants at courthouses, restaurants - and even in public spaces. Some of those targeted have turned out to be American citizens. One particularly disturbing case involved a Honduran asylum-seeker and her children, including a six-year-old boy undergoing treatment for leukemia. In a separate incident also in Huntington Park on Friday, a man was arrested for allegedly impersonating an ICE agent. Authorities said he had parked in a disabled spot and was found with a firearm and documents appearing to be from Homeland Security Investigations and CBP. He was later released on bail.
CBS News
2 days ago
- CBS News
Huntington Park man arrested for collision with immigration agents
Federal agents arrested a Huntington Park man Friday morning after he allegedly "rammed his car" into a border patrol vehicle last Friday during an immigration sweep in the city of Bell, according to Customs and Border Protection. CBP said Jorge Sierra-Hernandez caused significant damage to the agent's vehicle and obstructed the operation. The federal agency said a crowd of people assaulted, threw rocks and surrounded agents immediately after the crash. Marissa, a friend of Sierra-Hernandez and his girlfriend Jenny, described the collision as "an accident." "They were in an accident in Bell trying to leave the area because of a raid," Marissa said. "They got brake-checked by an ICE vehicle." A week after the collision, federal agents tracked Sierra-Hernandez to his home in Huntington Park. Neighbors said they watched an armored vehicle park outside the house before agents used a drone to survey the property. Security video from a neighboring property shows federal agents using an explosive to blast open his front door around 6 a.m., Friday morning. As officers moved in, security video from Sierra-Hernandez's home shows a woman whom neighbors identified as Jenny being escorted out with her two children. "Why would you have 15 men going into their home, breaking down their door and sending in the drone," said Marissa, a friend of Jenny. "She was asleep with her kids." Marissa, who only wanted to be identified by her first name, said Jenny and her kids were sleeping when the agents prepared to blow open her door. "One of our neighbors called her and they moved in time," Marissa said. "It could have been a lot worse for them."
