The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that a 23-year-old Mexican national will serve 37 months in federal prison following his conviction in an attack on a California Highway Patrol cruiser during last year's anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.
The defendant, Yachua Mauricio Flores, was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $253,415 in restitution for his role in the June 8, 2025 riot, during which officers were bombarded with rocks, chunks of concrete, fireworks, street signs, burning debris, and other objects.
Prosecutors alleged that Flores stood on the Main Street overpass above U.S. Highway 101 as officers below were attacked, and he then poured lighter fluid from two separate bottles onto a burning CHP cruiser, causing the fire to intensify.
Flores admitted that he knew officers were trapped beneath the overpass and acknowledged that hurling heavy objects and burning debris created a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury, according to his plea agreement. He pleaded guilty in April to one count of obstructing, impeding, and interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder.
The attack unfolded two days after violence erupted during federal immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles, leading to days of anti-ICE riots across the city.
Federal prosecutors have charged seven people in connection with the Main Street overpass attack, alleging several worked together to target the CHP cruiser and the officers trapped beneath it.
Flores is the latest person sentenced in the case. Two other defendants have received similar prison sentences, with a third defendant scheduled to be sentenced later this month.
The FBI investigated the case with assistance from the California Highway Patrol and the Los Angeles Police Department.
