Illegal Alien Charged for Staging a Kidnapping and Attempting to Frame ICE

A wild plot out of California has landed an illegal immigrant in court after being accused of orchestrating a fake kidnapping and falsely pointing the finger at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Authorities say the suspect staged the entire scenario, allegedly to vilify federal immigration officers and manipulate public sentiment.

Julie Calderon, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, allegedly pretended ICE took her in a Jack in the Box parking lot. The “kidnapping” hoax involved a fake press conference, police report, and GoFundMe account. Calderon was found roaming free after convincing leftwing activists that she was in custody.

🚨 WOW! An illegal in California has been charged for STAGING A KIDNAPPING & attempting to FRAME ICE

The "kidnapping" hoax is DIRECTLY out of the Democrats' playbook. Their rhetoric enabled this.

Mexican national Julie Calderon pretended she was taken by ICE in a Jack in the… pic.twitter.com/CQxA5PIYBM

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 17, 2025

In July, the Los Angeles Police Department officially closed the missing persons case involving activist Claudia Calderon, who was reported missing on June 25. Just days after her alleged disappearance, supporters held a press conference claiming she had been kidnapped from a fast-food restaurant parking lot in South L.A. by unidentified men in unmarked vehicles, possibly “bounty hunters.” Calderon later claimed she had been held in a warehouse near the U.S.-Mexico border, where she said she used borrowed phones to make two calls and was allegedly pressured to sign self-deportation papers. (Read more from “Illegal Alien Charged for Staging a Kidnapping and Attempting to Frame ICE” HERE)

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