On Tuesday, 33-year-old Bobby Nunez was arrested and charged with “stealing government property” after allegedly towing a federal police vehicle while agents attempted to arrest a TikTok influencer suspected of being in the country illegally.
Nunez is accused of towing the federal vehicle during the August 15 arrest of Tatiana Mafla-Martinez, a 23-year-old, well-known TikToker who had been documenting immigration raids across Southern California.
On the morning of August 15, federal police used two vehicles to box Martinez’s Tesla in at the exit to the Da Vinci Apartment complex’s parking structure near Fremont Street on the northern border of Downtown Los Angeles.
Video footage from the arrest posted on social media shows masked agents pulling Martinez out of the passenger side of the Tesla by her feet and arms while she screams.
In another video clip, an agent is seen pinning Martinez down to the ground with their leg.