The Des Moines Register is reporting that Deborah Sandoval, 54, and her son, Salvador Sandoval, 23, both from Ankeny, Iowa (a suburb on the north side of Des Moines) were arrested last week after authorities received a tip from a friend who has known the family for 10 years and communicates with Deborah at times via social media. The pair were taken into custody last week but the documents detailing the evidence against the pair were not unsealed until this week.
Like all great criminal masterminds, the evidence against the pair is not only Capitol surveillance footage but the fact that both had made incriminating posts on social media, you know, as you do when you try to overthrow the government.
A couple of quotes from the story:
Salvador Sandoval, 23, is also seen on surveillance video assaulting members of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department, pushing two and trying to pry a shield away from a third, according to the document.
[Deborah] Sandoval, a diehard supporter of Donald Trump, told the witness that she was traveling to Washington, D.C. from Jan. 5-7 and would be part of “history in the making" and “Saving America.” She later sent photos of herself outside the Capitol, and a video from inside the building surrounded by rioters wearing Trump flags, hats, helmets and gas masks, Lopez wrote.
Not exactly a couple of Iowa’s shining lights, these 2 bring the total of Iowans being charged for participating in the January 6th Capitol Riot up to 4. Leo Kelly and Doug Jensen are the other two. You may recognize Jensen as the guy leading the chase of Officer Goodman as he baited the mob away from the Senate Chambers.
Edit: Realized I forgot to add a link to the story: Tip led to FBI arrests of Iowa mother, son in Capitol riot