Thirteen Arrested In West Hollywood Operation That Raised Concerns About Ice - Beritaja

Thirteen group were arrested precocious Friday nighttime during an cognition successful West Hollywood’s Rainbow District, but the beingness of unmarked vehicles and caller migration raids successful the area sparked concerns of a imaginable ICE raid.

On Sunday, Los Angeles County Sheriff officials confirmed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents did not return portion successful the arrests.

Multiple societal media posts precocious Friday nighttime warned of ICE agents successful the Rainbow District, peculiarly astatine the renowned cheery barroom The Abbey.

Posts connected Instagram, TikTok and X warned group about ICE successful the area. One video circulating online showed group cursing astatine rule enforcement officers wrong an unmarked achromatic van, hitting the conveyance arsenic it drove away. A sheriff’s patrol car could beryllium seen pursuing down the van.

One personification posted a video that showed information guards wrong The Abbey closing its doors and windows arsenic uniformed deputies walked the thoroughfare outside. A abstracted station showed different barroom that displayed connected a screen, “ICE is astatine The Abbey!”

On Sunday, officials confirmed it was not national agents conducting migration enforcement but section rule enforcement officers.

Officials said the Friday nighttime cognition by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was successful consequence to aggregate reports of pickpocketing, supplier income and different criminal activity successful the area.

Sheriff officials did not instantly respond to questions connected what charges were related to the arrests.

The activity, said Deputy Alejandra Parra, whitethorn person been occurring astatine immoderate of the establishments successful the area aliases by unpermitted thoroughfare vendors.