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Mexican man pleads guilty to impersonating Border Patrol agent to ‘disrupt deportation missions’

Prosecutors said he used a fake patrol truck and three other vehicles to distract federal agents during immigration enforcement operations.

  • Jamie Ernesto Alvarez-Gonzalez pleaded guilty to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and disrupting immigration enforcement missions in Southern California.
  • Alvarez-Gonzalez used a black Ford F-150 equipped with a Border Patrol sticker, non-working radio antennae, and hanging handcuffs to mimic undercover vehicles.
  • During a Jan. 8 incident in San Diego, Alvarez-Gonzalez followed an agent in Linda Vista, causing the officer to abort his mission; he later shouted obscenities and demanded agents leave the community, prosecutors said.
  • Alvarez-Gonzalez pleaded guilty to three counts of illegally possessing firearms and admitted to overstaying a tourist visa used decades ago to enter the United States.
  • Prosecutors allege Alvarez-Gonzalez actively sought out federal agents, recording himself searching for enforcement teams and calling in reinforcements that harassed agents on the highway.
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A Mexican living in the United States pleaded guilty to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and following federal immigration agents to distract them while conducting immigration control missions in Southern California.Jaime Ernesto Álvarez González admitted that on January 8 he followed a Border Patrol agent while driving through a neighborhood in San Diego, according to the federal prosecutor's office for the Southern District of California.

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Mexican man pleads guilty to impersonating Border Patrol agent to 'disrupt deportation missions'

A Mexican man in the United States has pleaded guilty to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and following federal immigration officers to divert them while they were out on immigration enforcement missions in Southern California.

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Durango Herald broke the news on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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