Dem Mayor Mocked For Pushing Ice Kidnapping Story That Ended Up Being Alleged Hoax

Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, a professional of President Donald Trump’s migration crackdown, is being mocked for pushing a communicative astir an LA female being kidnapped by ICE that ended up allegedly being an elaborate hoax.

The Department of Homeland Security posted connected its charismatic X relationship connected Friday, "Mayor, you pushed a HOAX. There is still clip to delete this."

This comes aft Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, a 41-year-old Mexican forbidden alien surviving successful Los Angeles, was charged pinch conspiracy and making mendacious statements to national officers, according to nan DOJ.

On July 1, Bass posted a nexus to a section news communicative astir Calderon’s expected kidnapping, commenting, "She’s a mother from L.A. — taken retired of her car connected her measurement to work, and past held successful a storage arsenic officers hoped she would ‘self-deport.’

"No hearing. Just fear," Bass added. "This doesn't make anyone safer."

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, a 41-year-old Mexican forbidden alien surviving successful Los Angeles who was charged pinch conspiracy and making mendacious statements to national officers. (Drew A. Kelley/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images and DOJ)

After nan charges went public, DHS slammed Bass for her comments, saying, "Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon was NEVER arrested aliases kidnapped by ICE aliases bounty hunters—this criminal forbidden alien scammed guiltless Americans for money and diverted constricted DHS resources from Los Angeles."

RNC Research, a page tally by nan Republican National Committee, besides chimed in, commenting connected X that "Karen Bass spreads a mendacious communicative demonizing ICE agents."

According to nan Justice Department, Calderon claimed to person been kidnapped by masked, uniformed men successful unmarked cars astatine a Jack successful nan Box parking batch June 25. She claimed to person been forcibly taken to nan separator and presented to an ICE staffer who demanded she motion self-deportation papers. Calderon said that erstwhile she refused to motion nan document, she was taken to a storage to beryllium held indefinitely.

The Los Angeles Police Department launched a missing personification investigation and notified DHS, which, aft determining Calderon was not successful its custody, launched its ain investigation.

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According to an affidavit revenge successful nan criminal title against Mexican forbidden Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an HSI interrogator wished that these photos provided to investigators were apt "created to make it look arsenic if CALDERON was successful custody and that she had been mistreated while there." (DOJ)

During nan investigation, HSI noticed respective irregularities, including that nan telephone calls to loved ones that Calderon had supposedly made via borrowed phones were made from her compartment phone, intentionally masked to look arsenic an chartless number.

According to nan affidavit, video surveillance of Calderon’s alleged forced abduction further showed her calmly leaving nan Jack successful nan Box parking batch and getting into a adjacent sedan. Despite nan video showing a marked LAPD car successful nan vicinity, Calderon did not make immoderate attempts to alert officers that she was successful danger.

The affidavit states that "when confronted pinch existent accusation that contradicted their kidnapping story," Calderon and others lied to national agents and "attempted to thwart rule enforcement efforts" by keeping her whereabouts from rule enforcement.

According to a DOJ statement, HSI agents tracked Calderon down July 5 astatine a shopping plaza parking batch successful Bakersfield, California. The connection said Calderon continued to declare she was taken by masked men and held successful custody pinch others.

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According to an affidavit included successful nan criminal title against Calderon, an HSI interrogator reviewed surveillance footage that showed her "walking towards a parked metallic Nissan sedan. CALDERON placed nan container she was carrying successful nan backmost spot of nan Nissan, past opened nan rider car door, and sewage into nan car. I person watched this video, and CALDERON is again stepping astatine a normal pace, and does not look to beryllium successful immoderate distress." (US Justice Department)

Calderon's girl besides attempted to raise money from Calderon's alleged kidnapping by creating a GoFundMe page. 

A spokesperson for GoFundMe told Fox News Digital nan page was removed and that nan family did not entree immoderate of nan money raised.

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Calderon is successful U.S. migration custody and is facing a maximum condemnation of 5 years successful national situation for conspiracy and up to 5 years for mendacious statements if convicted of nan charges.   

Fox News Digital reached retired to Bass’ agency for remark but did not person a consequence earlier publication.