A Paramount man has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for throwing chunks of cinderblock at Border Patrol agents and injuring one of them during a protest that turned violent, officials announced Wednesday.
Jacob Terrazas, 31, was sentenced in downtown Los Angeles on Monday. He was also ordered to pay a $100 fine.
“We were clear that if you attack federal agents you will be facing time in federal prison,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement. “This sentence delivers on that promise to hold those accountable who dare to interfere or attack federal agents. Don’t do it.”
Terrazas pleaded guilty in January to one misdemeanor count of simple assault on a federal officer.
According to his plea agreement, on June 7, 2025, a protest near a Homeland Security Investigations facility in Paramount turned violent. While Border Patrol agents worked to protect federal personnel and property, Terrazas and others threw chunks of a broken cinderblock at the agents. One of those chunks struck a Border Patrol agent in the right shin, causing bruising and bleeding, Essayli said Wednesday.