"Alvarez-Gonzalez's truck looked like an undercover Border Patrol vehicle - with an agency sticker on its windshield, radio communications antennae on the roof, a lightbar on the dashboard, a license plate bearing with the words 'Ferderal Truck' and handcuffs hanging from the rear-view mirror."
"The real Border Patrol agent thought that Alvarez-Gonzalez was also a federal officer, so he diverted from his deportation mission and 'deconflicted' for safety reasons."
"Alvarez-Gonzalez allegedly yelled obscenities and demanded Border Patrol agents leave the community of Linda Vista. Three more cars also drove to the Border Patrol agents' location and started chasing them on the highway."
Jaime Ernesto Alvarez-Gonzalez, a 53-year-old undocumented Mexican citizen, pleaded guilty to impersonating a U.S. Border Patrol agent and illegally possessing firearms. He followed a real Border Patrol agent in a truck designed to resemble an undercover vehicle, causing the agent to divert from a deportation mission. Alvarez-Gonzalez yelled obscenities at the agents and was later arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He faces a maximum sentence of 18 years in prison and fines up to $500,000.
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