In a recent legal development, two women have been found guilty of stalking a federal immigration officer in California. This verdict was delivered by a federal jury after the women were accused of trailing the agent to his residence and streaming the incident live online.
Cynthia Raygoza, from Riverside, and Ashleigh Brown, from Colorado, both aged 38, were convicted last week for their actions against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
The duo shadowed the officer, who has not been publicly identified, from his workplace in downtown Los Angeles on August 28, 2025, all the way to his home. Federal prosecutors stated that the women broadcasted this pursuit on Instagram, even sharing the directions to the officer’s house with their audience.
Raygoza and Brown also encouraged those watching the livestream to share it further, amplifying the reach of their broadcast.
Once at the officer’s residence, the women loudly informed passersby that “your neighbor is ICE,” “la migra lives here,” and “ICE lives on your street and you should know,” thereby drawing attention to his presence in the neighborhood.
Upon arriving at the house, the pair shouted at bystanders that their “neighbor is ICE,” “la migra lives here,” and “ICE lives on your street and you should know.”
They also shouted racial slurs at the ICE officer’s wife, authorities said. The ICE officer’s children witnessed the harassment, prosecutors said.
The increased traffic from onlookers in the ensuing weeks caused the victim and his family to relocate to a different county, the Justice Department said.
A law enforcement officer walks past ICE logo on Thursday, May 11, 2017, at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The move disrupted the education of the officer’s children. His three-year-old son, who has a disability, lost several social and health care benefits that were tied to Los Angeles County, DOJ said.
Raygoza and Brown were found guilty of one count of stalking, for which they face up to five years in prison.
Exteriors of the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles on Friday, January 30, 2026. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
The jury found the pair not guilty, however, of one count of conspiracy to publicly disclose the personal information of a federal agent. The jury also acquitted Samane Sandra Carmona, 25, of Panorama City, of both charges she faced: conspiracy and stalking.
Raygoza and Brown are scheduled to be sentenced on June 8.
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