A federal jury in Spokane has convicted three people who helped trap ICE officers and their detainees for more than nine hours last summer.
The Department of Justice for the Eastern District of Washington announced that on May 28, 2026, a jury found Jac Archer, Justice Forral, and Bajun Mavalwalla II guilty of conspiring to impede law enforcement officers or injure property used in the execution of their duties.
The case ran eight days. The jury deliberated for over a day before returning guilty verdicts beyond a reasonable doubt.
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The charge stems from a June 2025 standoff at an ICE facility in Spokane, where officers were blocked from moving two detainees toward a detention facility and immigration court near Tacoma.
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