Jaime Ernesto Álvarez González, 53-year-old Mexican, faces up to 15 years in prison for each of the three charges related to firearms and another for impersonating a federal immigration agent.
Prosecutors describe the undocumented immigrant as a “anti-ICE agitator”as reported The San Diego Union-Tribune.
On Tuesday, April 28, Álvarez González pleaded guilty in federal court in San DiegoCalifornia, on charges related to impersonating a Border Patrol agent and possessing firearms he was not legally permitted to carry, according to court records.
The Prosecutor’s Office indicated that Álvarez remained in the United States with an expired tourist visa for decades and that does not have legal status in the country.
The American press reported that he is expected to be deported to Mexico after serving his sentence.
Prosecutors alleged that Álvarez an immigration control operation was interrupted in January 2026 in Linda Vista. He wore clothing similar to that of immigration agents and drove a vehicle with police accessories, including communication antennas and a light bar.
According to a court filing, federal agents arrested him when he allegedly was driving another vehicle that had a light bar and an FBI cap on the dashboard. Additionally, he was carrying a fake ID from the same agency.
Police authorities found in his home, in San Diego, license plates with CIA, Interpol and Sheriff inscriptions. They also found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection “no trespassing” sign, which appeared to have been stolen.
Agents found other police items, according to an arrest memo dated March 16, with which prosecutors managed to maintain Álvarez in custody, without the right to bail.
Investigators also accused Álvarez of acquiring firearms for years, after lying about your citizenship on government forms. Officers did locate a firearm, but were unable to find any more, including rifles he may have used in recent photographs.
Authorities began to suspect Alvarez on January 8, when he allegedly followed a real Border Patrol agent while driving a black van with police accessories. Among the items was a light bar on the dashboard, an antenna on the roof — which prosecutors said did not work — handcuffs hanging from the rearview mirrora “United States Border Patrol” sign on the front windshield, and a license plate holder that read “federal truck.”
According to the detention memo, the actual Border Patrol agent, who worked in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) group, “he was forced to abandon his police mission” for fear that Álvarez could be a federal agent working on a different mission in the same area.
The Prosecutor’s Office stated that this procedure is known as “conflict detection”a measure that agents take when others could be operating in the same area.
Prosecutors also detailed that Álvarez He was wearing a mask that covered his face and a cap with the “thin green line”associated with Border Patrol agents.
They added that, when other federal agents arrived as reinforcements, Álvarez allegedly “caused a public disturbance and l“He ‘aggressively’ told the officers to leave his community.”according to a document dated March 16.
“Federal agents left the scene and They were chased by three other vehicles on the road, whom Álvarez called his ‘reinforcements,'” a memo indicates.
Prosecutors claim that Álvarez videotaped and narrated the entire incident, in which he said that was searching for federal agents involved in deportation missions.
Furthermore, they point out that, while in custody, Álvarez ordered another person to destroy evidence.
Álvarez remains in custody and His sentencing is scheduled for July..