A Mexican national who admitted throwing a lit Molotov cocktail towards federal agents during a June protest in Paramount stemming from federal immigration enforcement operations is expected to be sentenced Friday.
Emiliano Galvez, 23, who prosecutors say is an undocumented immigrant living in Paramount, pleaded guilty in October in Los Angeles federal court to possession of an unregistered destructive device and civil disorder.
He faces up to 15 years in federal prison, according to the Justice Department.
An affidavit filed with the complaint charging Galvez states that he lit and threw a Molotov cocktail over a wall where Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were engaging in crowd control activities — then ran away.
A crowd had assembled in the location earlier in the day near a staging area for federal agents who were preparing for immigration enforcement operations, prosecutors said.
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