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Masked agents chased the wrong woman and DHS says the system worked [1]

['Ellsworth Toohey']

Date: 2025-12-07  

Jacelynn Guzman, 23, was walking home from a corner store in Marrero, Louisiana, when a silver unmarked SUV pulled up beside her and two masked men got out.

"I thought it was an Uber," she told NBC News. "They said, 'Wait don't run, Ma'am.' That's all I heard before I blasted off."

Guzman is a U.S. citizen. Born and raised in Louisiana. She screamed "Leave me alone" and ran to her home, with masked Border Patrol agents chasing behind her. Security footage shows them stopping at her property line as she disappeared inside. Her stepfather emerged to confront five agents, who showed him a photo of their actual target — a woman who looked significantly older than his 23-year-old stepdaughter.

The Department of Homeland Security's explanation? They were conducting a "targeted immigration enforcement operation against a criminal illegal alien." When they realized Guzman wasn't their target, they left.

Her stepfather initially thought she was being kidnapped. Can you blame him? Masked men in an unmarked vehicle chasing a young woman through a residential neighborhood doesn't exactly scream "legitimate law enforcement."

This happened days after Trump announced he'd be sending National Guard troops to Louisiana. The message being sent to immigrant communities—and apparently to U.S. citizens who happen to be walking while brown — is crystal clear.

Previously:

• DHS secretly paid firm tied to Kristi Noem in $220M ad campaign

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