THE OFFENSE
KTLA’s Lily Dallow published an article that blindly accepted the claims of a Los Angeles woman who said she’d been kidnapped by ICE.
THE TRUTH
The entire story was fabricated. The Los Angeles woman – Yuriana Calderon – was never in ICE custody and instead made up the kidnapping story to generate public sympathy and solicit donations.
KEY POINTS
• An illegal immigrant told an elaborate lie meant to demonize law enforcement.
• KTLA eagerly spread the story without confirming its credibility.
SOURCES
• White House Response
• KTLA Article
• Mexican National Charged in Federal Criminal Complaint with Staging Fake Immigration ‘Kidnapping’
