Crime & Safety

Feds Continue Search For RivCo Woman Accused Of Doxxing ICE Agent

Cynthia Raygoza is charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of publicly disclosing the personal information of a federal agent.

Cynthia Raygoza of Riverside.
Cynthia Raygoza of Riverside. (The U.S. Department of Justice)

LOS ANGELES, CA — A Riverside County resident is among three women indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly doxxing a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, though she remains on the run.

Cynthia Raygoza, 37, of Riverside, along with Ashleigh Brown, 38, of Aurora, Colo., and Sandra Carmona Samane, 25, of Panorama City, Calif., are accused of following the ICE agent home, livestreaming their pursuit, and then posting the agent’s home address on Instagram.

On Sept. 23, the grand jury indictment was unsealed. It charged the women with one count of conspiracy and one count of publicly disclosing the personal information of a federal agent.

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Brown and Samane were arrested on federal criminal complaints. Brown, who is also charged in a separate case with assault on a federal officer, is in federal custody without bond. Samane is free on $5,000 bond. Their arraignments are scheduled for September 30 and October 9, respectively.

On Tuesday, Ciaran McEvoy, spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office, said law enforcement was continuing its search for Raygoza.

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According to the indictment, on August 28, the defendants followed the ICE agent from the Civic Center in downtown Los Angeles to his home. The defendants livestreamed their pursuit on Instagram accounts and provided directions as they followed the agent, encouraging their viewers to share the livestream, according to federal prosecutors.

Their Instagram accounts used to livestream the event were "ice_out_of_la," "defendmesoamericanculture," and "corn_maiden_design," according to law enforcement.

When they arrived at the ICE agent's home, the defendants shouted to bystanders while livestreaming on Instagram that their "neighbor is ICE," "la migra lives here," and "ICE lives on your street and you should know," prosecutors said.

The three women shared the ICE agent’s home address on Instagram and told viewers, "Come on down," prosecutors continued.

If convicted, the defendants face a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison for each count.

Acting United States Attorney Bill Essayli characterized the defendants' alleged conduct as "deeply offensive to law enforcement officers and their families."

He continued, "If you threaten, dox, or harm in any manner one of our agents or employees, you will face prosecution and prison time."

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