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Armed felon arrested for threatening to kill Trump attended rally weeks after Butler assassination attempt
Police and agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms have arrested an Arizona man for allegedly making expletive-laden death threats against President-elect Donald Trump and his family and attempting to illegally buy guns.
The suspect, Manuel Tamayo-Torres, also posted photos from a Trump rally in August in Glendale, according to court documents – a rally that took place less than six weeks after the first assassination attempt on Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania.
He has a 2003 conviction of assault causing great bodily injury in California, for which he received a six-year prison sentence. Then in July 2023, his ex-wife obtained a restraining order against him in Arizona.
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Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on Aug. 23, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. A man arrested this week for allegedly threatening the president-elect’s life, Manuel Tamayo-Torres, was also in attendance at the rally. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
His felony history and the active restraining order both banned him from owning firearms, but on Nov. 13 and again on Nov. 15, 2023, he went to a Shooters World store in Phoenix, Arizona, and filled out the 4473 form for a background check.
Those attempts were “delayed” and “denied” – but prosecutors now say he lied on the forms. He allegedly claimed he had never been convicted of a felony and that he was not the subject of a restraining order from a child or intimate partner.
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A low-resolution image from court documents that allegedly shows Manuel Tamayo-Torres posing with a gun. (U.S. District Court Southern District of California)
Phoenix police then discovered that on Facebook, Tamayo-Torres posted a series of videos where he claimed “Individual 1,” who is never named but is described in court documents as “a former president and current president-elect,” trafficked his children.
Trump, who was president for one term, left office and has been the president-elect once again since defeating Vice President Kamala Harris on Election Day.
Tamayo-Torres claimed the incoming president has “[W]hite privilege” and conspired to kill his daughter and traffic his other children. It was not immediately clear from court documents that he had any children.
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Former President Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
“You’re Caucasian nothing,” Tamayo-Torres allegedly ranted in a Facebook video posted on Thursday. “You’ll earn nothing, Aryan money, that’s all you have. You’re a low life scum, I’ll spit in your f—ing face motherf—er, and if they give me a chance, I’m going to f—ing bury you myself.”
Police also found another video, posted days earlier, in which Tamayo-Torres allegedly held “what appears to be a white AR-15-style rifle” with a 30-round magazine, accused the president-elect of “touching his minor children” and said the incoming first family and Secret Service would all go to prison.
Former President Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after being shot at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
As detectives probed his Facebook account, they found images from Aug. 23 at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale. Trump held a rally there that night. They also found other photos of the suspect holding firearms, none of which he could legally own.
Tamayo-Torres was arrested in Southern California and is expected to be sent back to Arizona to face his federal charges there.
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A former Riverside County man was found guilty of sex trafficking a female victim and forcing her to engage in commercial sex acts along L.A.’s notorious Figueroa Corridor.
Elias Abdul Shabazz, 34, formerly of Perris, was found guilty by a jury following a five-day trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Prosecutors said Shabazz had led the victim to believe they were in a romantic relationship before he turned physically and sexually violent. He began demanding that the victim engage in commercial sex acts from May to October of 2021, court documents said.
He carried a handgun with him and, on occasion, was accused of using it to pistol-whip the victim. He also fired the gun at her feet while threatening to kill her, prosecutors said.
At trial, the victim said Shabazz demanded that she meet a daily quota of commercial sex proceeds and that she was terrified of the consequences of not meeting that quota.
She testified that Shabazz compelled her to work in the notorious Figueroa Corridor in South L.A., a dangerous area known for human trafficking and prostitution.
Shabazz had confiscated her identification card, Social Security card and birth certificate. He constantly monitored her cell phone to stop her from communicating with any friends or family.
“He also introduced her to addictive narcotics and controlled every aspect of her life, including when she ate, slept and showered,” prosecutors said.
In May 2025, Shabazz was arrested and has remained in federal custody. His last known address at the time was in Washington, D.C.
On June 26, 2026, Shabazz was found guilty of one count of coercing or enticing interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 6, where he faces 15 years to life in prison.
“Sex trafficking matters rank among the most tragic cases our office prosecutes,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. “This defendant will now face many years in a federal prison cell for his sick, disgusting, and disturbing behavior.”
“Elias Shabazz preyed on a vulnerable victim using physical and sexual violence and cruel psychological coercion to compel commercial sex acts for his own profit,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “There is no place for this type of conduct in civilized society. We deeply respect the victim’s courage to face her trafficker in court. The Criminal Division will continue to bring these cases and try them.”
Anyone with information about human trafficking can report tips to the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888
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