A Mexican national is being prosecuted in Southern California for impersonating a U.S. Border Patrol agent in a wild attempt to disrupt deportation efforts.
The man, identified by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California as Jaime Ernesto Álvarez-González, pleaded guilty to one count of impersonating a federal agent and three counts of illegal firearm possession. Prosecutors said Álvarez-González overstayed his tourist visa and lived unlawfully in the United States for decades.
In a statement published April 28, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said the charges stem from a Jan. 8 incident in which Álvarez-González “closely followed” a Border Patrol agent while driving a black pickup truck modified to resemble an undercover Border Patrol vehicle…