By JAIMIE DING and AMY TAXIN
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man shot by federal officers whereas he tried to evade arrest Tuesday morning is a well-liked native TikTok streamer who paperwork police exercise, immigration enforcement and day by day neighborhood life.
Carlitos Ricardo Parias, 44, was charged with assaulting a federal officer after authorities say he rammed his car into theirs whereas they tried to arrest him on an immigration warrant. He’s a Mexican citizen dwelling within the U.S. illegally, federal authorities stated. Brokers shot him within the elbow through the encounter and he remained within the hospital in secure situation Wednesday morning. An preliminary court docket look was delayed.
His legal professional, Carlos Jurado, stated the hospital had not allowed him or relations to see Parias but. Parias referred to as Jurado briefly Wednesday morning and stated guards have been watching him.
“What we want is we want to see him in person,” Jurado stated. The hospital didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Parias is well-known within the neighborhood of South LA for his Spanish-language movies posted on TikTok on two accounts with greater than 340,000 followers mixed. Movies on his web page courting again to 2024 doc police exercise, automobile accidents, and fires, in addition to tortilla-making, Mexican landscapes, wet days in Los Angeles and animals. This yr, the footage has additionally centered on demonstrations in opposition to immigration enforcement and arrests by federal deportation authorities.
Parias is certainly one of many social media customers that publish about immigration raids and arrests throughout Southern California, usually relaying data in actual time to alert group members.
Los Angeles Metropolis Councilmember Curren Value’s workplace just lately acknowledged Parias for his reporting. He’s additionally shared details about metropolis providers akin to meals help applications and toy giveaways, stated Jose Ugarte, Value’s chief of workers.
Federal brokers have been surveilling Parias’ neighborhood Tuesday morning as a result of that they had an administrative immigration arrest warrant for him, in keeping with a felony criticism launched by appearing U.S. Lawyer Invoice Essayli’s workplace. When Parias left his residence and obtained within the automobile, brokers adopted him and boxed him in with their autos. Parias drove his automobile ahead and again, hitting regulation enforcement autos, the criticism stated. An agent tried to interrupt the driving force’s aspect window of the automobile, and finally at the very least one officer opened fireplace. A deputy U.S. marshal helping with the arrest was hit within the hand by a ricochet bullet.
It was federal authorities’ second time trying to arrest Parias, stated Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Division of Homeland Safety. She didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark about whether or not there was a elimination order for Parias or whether or not he’d beforehand been deported.
Jurado, his legal professional, stated he didn’t have particulars on any prior interactions between Parias and federal officers.
Ugarte and advocates stated Parias had an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement brokers on June 13 when he was documenting their exercise. A video posted on a distinct TikTok account reveals a person recognized as Parias in a “press” vest sitting on the bottom grabbing his leg. Ugarte stated Parias instructed him that he had been pushed and needed to go to the hospital.
One video on Parias’ web page from September reveals a white van partly blocked by two autos with a music about migrants by the Guatemalan singer Ricardo Arjona enjoying within the background. One other video of the scene warns followers to watch out seeing “how border agents pass our people from one car to another.”
Simply final week, one other video on his web page reveals police looking a automobile parked on the aspect of a street close to a graffiti-covered constructing. The narrator explains authorities discovered what seems to be a homeless particular person useless inside. He says he’s reporting from Los Angeles, “where luck and death go hand in hand.”
Chris Newman, authorized director for the Nationwide Day Laborer Organizing Community, stated unbiased reporting from group members is crucial as immigration brokers fan out throughout the area making arrests.
Taxin reported from Santa Ana, Calif.
Initially Printed: October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM EDT
