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Federal authorities released new images of the suspect accused of throwing Molotov cocktails into a downtown federal building in Los Angeles on Monday, identifying him as 54-year-old Jose Francisco Jovel.

Jovel, a Los Angeles resident who allegedly carried out “an attack law enforcement believes was motivated by anti-immigration enforcement sentiment,” is expected to make an initial federal court appearance Wednesday afternoon on a charge of attempted malicious damage of federal property, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.

“This case exemplifies how misleading and hateful rhetoric against federal law enforcement can and does result in violence,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said in a s

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