A transgender woman in Oregon has been charged with online threats against coworkers and violent threats against Black people, Jews, and immigrants.
Elizabeth Ballesteros West, 56, who is charged with transmitting interstate threats, was arrested by the FBI in September 2023 after a tipster reported her online activity to the FBI, according to the Justice Department. It started to attract attention. According to her affidavit, investigators found that West had threatened an apparent shooting spree aimed at her co-workers.
“I'm too old to keep looking for work and I've endured this much bullying from transphobic ****** people. I have no other choice,” she wrote on Facebook. It was posted on . “Maybe I should go out in a blaze of glory.”
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According to the FBI, Elizabeth Ballesteros West, 56, is suspected of making threatening and hateful posts online directed at co-workers, black people, Jews and immigrants. (Facebook)
“So, is there really no point in living anymore? I just have to do what I have to do and ask God for forgiveness,” the affidavit said.
Authorities said the post included images of two firearms.
In an interview with the FBI, West admitted to projecting his suicidal thoughts onto Facebook, documents said.
“Mr. West told reporters that he was lonely and had felt suicidal in the past,” the affidavit states. “She suffers from depression, and she explained that she contacted the White Bird Crisis Line in Eugene when she felt suicidal in the past.” She said she had been struggling to find a partner for her since then.
In a separate interview with the FBI, West said that in addition to his hatred of Jews and immigrants, he harbored prejudice against black people stemming from an attack several years ago.
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FBI says Nazi flag posted by Oregon woman who allegedly made online threats against Black people, Jews and immigrants (Ministry of Justice)
“Ms. West also feels that the black customer service representative intentionally misgendered her,” the affidavit states. “West's boyfriend, who died in 2017, had a Nazi flag. After his death, she found the flag and kept it. West never shared an image of herself with a Nazi flag with anyone. I haven't sent it.”
He added: “Western countries have mixed feelings about Nazi sentiments.” “She juxtaposes it with the climate in Israel. West feels that Jews are treating Palestinians the same way the Nazis treated Jews. West also feels that immigrants are coming to the United States. She's angry that she receives welfare and food stamps from her own tax dollars, yet she still doesn't get the same benefits.”
In an interview with the FBI, West talked about his troubled relationships and his desire to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
“Mr. West offered to have a primary care physician who could assist him with the gender reassignment surgery process and recently received notification that he had been approved for an initial gender reassignment surgery appointment,” court documents state. “West is very excited and has been working towards this for some time.”
In November, West allegedly posted videos, memes and other content supporting Adolf Hitler, violence against black people, Jews and immigrants, and a livestream of the deadly Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand. It was allegedly posted and reposted along with other posts advocating hate.
The FBI said images of two firearms posted by Elizabeth West, 56, contained an apparent threat to her co-workers. (Ministry of Justice)
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Her bio reads: “Nazi empress from hell. Fed up with the blackening of America and Europe, ready to take on black orcs and Jewish sorcerers.”
On January 3, West told the FBI that he was in possession of multiple weapons. On January 9, the FBI executed a search warrant on her home and vehicle. Authorities found 11 handguns, 16 rifles, tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, firearm accessories, a black book matching the descriptions in West's diary “The Black Shadow,” 48 drawings, and a black-and-white composition notebook with notes. It was confiscated.
FOX News Digital has reached out to West for comment.
