Overview
- U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. sentenced Emiliano Garduño Gálvez, 23, to 48 months in federal prison.
- Garduño Gálvez pleaded guilty in October to possessing an unregistered destructive device and obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder.
- Authorities say he lit and threw the Molotov cocktail over a wall on June 7, 2025 during protests over an immigration enforcement operation in Paramount.
- Prosecutors said the device posed a lethal risk; no deputies were hit, and the bottle landed near a demonstrator.
- Prosecutors sought a term of more than seven years while defense attorneys asked for three years, and he has been in federal custody since June 2025.