Feds Nab Man Accused Of Dropping Off Masks To Anti-ice Rioters In La

A driver who went viral for allegedly dropping disconnected "bionic shield" look masks to Los Angeles rioters connected Tuesday was arrested by nan FBI successful a sting astatine his location Thursday morning.

Alejandro Theodoro Orellana was taken into custody connected suspicion of conspiracy to perpetrate civilian disorders.

After nan arrest, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said pinch Fox News.

"We person made it a immense privilege to effort to identify, find and apprehension those who are progressive successful organizing, supporting, backing aliases facilitating these riots," he said. 

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Alejandro Theodoro Orellana was arrested by FBI Los Angeles connected June 12, 2025, for allegedly colluding to perpetrate civilian disorders. (@USAttyEssayli/X)

"It appears they're well-orchestrated, and coordinated and well-funded, truthful we want to understand who these group are and wherever this organization's coming from and coming was 1 of those first arrests, nan cardinal arrests that we did."

A national tribunal proceeding is scheduled for Thursday challenging President Donald Trump's usage of nan National Guard and Marines to support migration raids successful Los Angeles.

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The National Guard assisted nan FBI successful nan apprehension of nan man investigators opportunity delivered masks to L.A. rioters connected June 12, 2025. (Matt Finn)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom warns that nan subject involution is nan onset of a overmuch broader effort by Trump to overturn norms astatine nan bosom of America's governmental system. Testifying Thursday earlier Congress, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called it "an battle connected our American values."

The U.S. Justice Department connected Thursday ordered national prosecutors to prioritize criminal prosecution of protesters who destruct spot aliases battle rule enforcement, and to make judge each lawsuit they bring gets publicized, according to an soul email seen by Reuters.

An FBI supplier appears successful nan doorway of a location during nan apprehension of Alejandro Theodoro Orellana connected June 12, 2025. (Matt Finn)

The email, which was sent to each 93 U.S. attorneys, comes a week aft a activity of protests that started successful Los Angeles and person dispersed to different awesome cities against Trump's migration crackdown. Trump has dispatched immoderate 700 U.S. Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles, saying they are needed to backmost up migration raids.

"There should beryllium nary bottleneck of referrals for complaints and ineligible process," wrote Associate Deputy Attorney General Aakash Singh.

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"Push retired property releases whenever you record charges successful these matters," he said. "We will not extremity enforcing nan rule and we will not beryllium deterred from keeping our districts safe."

The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.