US EditionWoman Accused of Faking ICE Kidnapping to Solicit Donations, DOJ Says
SOUTH LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, JUL 18 – Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon faces federal charges for conspiracy and making false statements after staging a kidnapping hoax to discredit immigration enforcement and solicit donations.
- On Thursday, the Justice Department charged Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon with staging her own kidnapping in South Los Angeles, claiming she was abducted by bounty hunters, which authorities called a hoax.
- On June 30, Calderon's family held a press conference claiming she was ambushed by armed men at a Jack in the Box in downtown Los Angeles, supported by their attorney.
- Surveillance video captured Calderon leaving a Jack in the Box parking lot, and telephone records corroborated that she fabricated the kidnapping claim.
- According to DHS, the incident was a 'hoax', and the Department of Homeland Security vehemently denied the abduction claims.
- She is expected to make her initial appearance in the coming weeks in United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles, and she has not yet entered a plea.
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