Overview

• A federal grand jury returned an indictment on August 7 charging Jacob Daniel Terrazas with assaulting a federal employee by using a dangerous weapon.
• Prosecutors say he threw cinderblock fragments and rocks at Border Patrol agents during a June 7 protest outside a Homeland Security Investigations facility in Paramount, injuring one agent.
• Investigators allege Terrazas used trees and a makeshift shield for cover as agents employed pepper balls to end the three-hour confrontation.
• Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eric Mackie and Brenda Galván are leading the prosecution in the Central District of California.
• The Justice Department has stressed its commitment to prosecuting violence against immigration officers to deter similar attacks.