JUST IN: Rioter Who Threw Cinderblocks At Border Patrol Officers INDICTED — Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison | JP
This is what accountability looks like.
A man who was caught on video throwing cinderblocks at Border Patrol officers during the Los Angeles riots in June has just been indicted by a federal grand jury.
30-year-old Jacob Daniel Terrazas has been charged with assault on a federal employee, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced:
A federal grand jury has indicted Jacob Daniel Terrazas, 30, of Paramount, for injuring a Border Patrol officer during an anti-ICE riot on June 7.
After repeatedly throwing pieces of cinderblock at law enforcement, officers detained Terrazas, who now faces up to 20 years in… pic.twitter.com/rZciySA16g— Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) August 7, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted Jacob Daniel Terrazas, 30, of Paramount, for injuring a Border Patrol officer during an anti-ICE riot on June 7.
After repeatedly throwing pieces of cinderblock at law enforcement, officers detained Terrazas, who now faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted.
We will not stand by while our brave officers get hurt. If you’re thinking of injuring an officer or agent enforcing immigration law, think again. It’s not worth it.
Terrazas injured at least one Border Patrol agent during the assault on federal officers.
Thankfully, it was not a serious injury. However, it could have been way worse.
A DOJ press release reads:
According to the indictment returned Tuesday and in other court documents previously filed in this case, a protest occurred on June 7 near a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) facility in Paramount and turned violent. Terrazas was one of several individuals who threw hard objects – including cinderblocks and rocks – at federal agents. Terrazas used both a makeshift shield and nearby trees for cover and repeatedly rushed toward the agents to throw remnants of cinderblock at them.
One of the pieces of cinderblock Terrazas threw hit a Border Patrol agent in his left shin, injuring the agent and causing him to bleed. The injured agent removed himself from the front lines to mend his injury but – after realizing he could still walk and stand – returned to the front lines. Another Border Patrol agent was struck by rocks but was uninjured.
Terrazas – who wore a dark beanie and black mask covering the lower half of his face – and other individuals threw rocks at Border Patrol agents for approximately three hours. Law enforcement used less-lethal force pepper bells against Terrazas and other rock throwers. Eventually, law enforcement detained, identified, and arrested Terrazas.
Prosecute this guy — and all other LA rioters who put the lives of Border Patrol agents in danger — to the fullest extent of the law!
They need to be made an example of in order to dissuade this from happening again.
Zero tolerance for such violence is the right policy.
— Jeff Reisig (@jeffreisig) August 7, 2025
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