LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The driver of a car that blocked federal immigration officers while they were performing their duties last year in South Los Angeles was sentenced today to a year behind bars, while his passenger received probation.
Gustavo Torres, 29, the driver, and Kiara Jaime-Flores, 34, each pleaded guilty in December to a federal misdemeanor count of obstruction, resistance or interference with a federal officer.
The charges stem from an incident early on Feb. 28, 2025, when Homeland Security Investigations and U.S. Border Patrol agents executed search warrants at separate homes in Los Angeles, one of them in South Los Angeles. A small crowd began to gather outside the residence and some bystanders directed hostile remarks at the agents, who later got in their government vehicles and left the area, papers filed in L.A. federal court show…