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Mariposa Castro
Pardoned January 6 defendant
Documented editorial-use imageMariposa Castro is a Gilroy, California woman with a camera and an audience, thousands knew her livestreams long before the country knew her name. FACT: she documented January 6, 2021 the way she documents everything, live, on camera, for more than 40 minutes. FACT: arrested January 21, 2021 in San Jose, Mariposa Castro pleaded guilty on November 24, 2021 to a single misdemeanor count: parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. FACT: on February 23, 2022 she was sentenced to 45 days and a $5,000 fine. She served it and went home to Gilroy. FACT: on January 20, 2025, the presidential clemency proclamation granted a full pardon covering January 6 convictions, Mariposa Castro's included. South Santa Clara County is still home, and the story she filmed herself is now, officially, a closed chapter. CASE RECORD Case No. 1:21-cr-299, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Guilty plea November 24, 2021 to one misdemeanor count; sentenced February 23, 2022 to 45 days and a $5,000 fine, served; pardoned January 20, 2025. DOJ defendant page linked in the sources. This profile is unclaimed. If this is you, or your family, claiming it is free, forever.
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On the record
- Case number
- 1:21-cr-299
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- Disposition
- Arrested 1/21/21. Initial appearance held on 2/16/21. Charged via criminal information on 4/13/21. Arraigned 4/28/21 and pleaded not guilty to all counts. Plea agreement entered 11/24/21 and pleaded guilty to count 4. Sentenced 2/23/22 to 45 days in jail, $5,000 fine.
- Arrested
- January 21, 2021
- Plea
- November 24, 2021
- Sentenced
- February 23, 2022
Charges
- Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building; Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in a Restricted Building; Violent Entry and Disorderly Conduct in a Capitol Building; Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building
Sentence
45 days in jail, $5,000 fine
Press & news
- https://gilroydispatch.com/gilroy-woman-sentenced-to-jail-for-role-in-u-s-capitol-breach/ →
- https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/gilroy-woman-sentenced-to-45-days-in-jail-for-participation-in-jan-6-capitol-breach/2821076/ →
- https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/gilroy-woman-gets-45-days-in-jail-for-role-in-attack-on-u-s-capitol/ →
- https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/granting-pardons-and-commutation-of-sentences-for-certain-offenses-relating-to-the-events-at-or-near-the-united-states-capitol-on-january-6-2021/ →
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Connection to United States v. Nichols
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