Man pleads guilty to throwing Molotov cocktail at deputies during immigration protest

Los -angles – The 23-year-old man pleaded guilty that he had abandoned Molotov cocktail at the deputy sheriff of the Los Angeles district During protests against Immigration raids Throughout the region last spring.

Emiliano Garduno Galves, Mexican national authorities, which, as they say, is illegally in the United States, pleaded guilty of Wednesday in that he possessed an unregistered destructive device and a civil disorder associated with his actions on June 7 in Paramount, a city near Los -Angeles. He faces up to 15 years in prison when he was sentenced to January 30.

Sheriff's deputies answered Big protest On the day when the demonstrators threw stones and other objects near the home depot, where agents of the US border patrol gathered.

In accordance with the agreement on the recognition of guilt received Los Angeles TimesGalves admitted that he left behind the wall, lit a Molotov cocktail, and then threw it to where he saw the deputies.

The incendiary device landed into the grassy zone at the foot of the protester and about 15 feet (4.5 meters) from deputies, according to the agreement on the permission of guilt. Galvest said he ran away.

Galves threw the device “intending to prevent, interfere with the LASD deputies, who were legally engaged in the performance of official duties,” according to the agreement.

Many demonstrations against the June immigration repression were peaceful, and the march participants chanted slogans and wore signs, although others led to a clash with the police, hundreds of arrests and the use of chemical irritants to scatter the crowd.

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