Ten antifa agitators from the Dallas-Fort Worth area were charged Monday with attempted murder after allegedly ambushing an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas on the 4th of July.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a press release that the militants were “heavily armed with military gear, guns, AR-15 style rifles, 12 sets of Kevlar bullet proof vests, masks, goggles, tactical gloves, two-way radios, and helmets.”
An Alvarado Police officer was shot in the neck at around 11 p.m. Friday night while responding to reports of suspicious activity outside the facility.
The shooting, like the attack on the Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, on Monday, was designated a “planned ambush” by authorities.
According to the criminal complaint filed in the Northern District of Texas, the defendants, dressed in black military-style clothing, began shooting fireworks at the the Prairieland Detention Center to lure law enforcement to the facility “as part of an organized attack.” The center is used to hold people who have committed immigration violations and are awaiting deportation.
After about ten minutes, one or two of the agitators allegedly broke off from the main group and began to spray graffiti on vehicles and a guard structure in the parking lot, while another agitator, armed with an AR-style rifle, positioned himself in the woods nearby.
Included in the complaint are photos of the graffiti, flyers, flag, body armor, and magazines containing ammunition.
Correctional officers called 911 to report “suspicious activity,” and when an Alvarado police officer arrived at the scene, the agitator in the woods shot the officer in the neck.
Another armed assailant across the street allegedly “fired 20 to 30 rounds at unarmed correctional officers who had stepped outside the facility,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office stated. AR-style rifles were reportedly found at the scene.
The assailants fled from the detention center but were stopped by additional law enforcement officers. Some defendants were wearing body armor, some were armed, and some had two-way radios. A total of twelve sets of body armor were found during searches of vehicles associated with the defendants, on their persons, and in the area around the Prairieland Detention Center
Additionally, officers found spray paint, flyers stating, “FIGHT ICE TERROR WITH CLASS WAR!” and “FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS,” and a flag stating, “RESIST FACISM – FIGHT OLIGARCHY.” One of the alleged attackers had cell phones inside a “Faraday bag,” used to block phone signals and commonly used by criminal actors to try to prevent law enforcement from tracking their location.
The Justice Department named the ten defendants charged in the shooting: Cameron Arnold, also known as Autumn Hill; Savannah Batten; Nathan Baumann; Zachary Evetts; Joy Gibson; Bradford Morris, also known as Meagan Morris; Maricela Rueda; Seth Sikes; Elizabeth Soto; and Ines Soto. One suspect remains at large.
Each of the agitators have been charged with three counts of attempted murder of a federal agents and three counts of discharging a firearm during, in relation to a violent crime. Each of the individuals faces a mandatory prison term of ten years to up to life in prison, said Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy E. Larson, Monday night.
“Make no mistake, this was not a peaceful protest,” Larson stated during a press conference announcing the charges. “This was an ambush on federal and local law enforcement officers. This increasing trend of violence against law enforcement will not be tolerated in the Northern District of Texas. Those who use violence against law enforcement officers will be found and prosecuted using the toughest criminal statutes and penalties available.”
“While one suspect remains at large, the remaining 10 are being charged with ATTEMPTED MURDER and DOMESTIC TERRORISM,” ICE’s official X account posted on Tuesday. “If convicted, they could spend the rest of their lives in prison.”
The investigation was conducted by multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Dallas FBI, the ICE Removal Office, Homeland Security Investigations, the ATF, Texas Department of Public Safety, Alvarado Police Department, and Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
Border Czar Tom Homan told Fox news Monday that the suspects appeared to be “typical protesters that go from protesters to criminals.”
Since President Trump returned to office, left-wing “protesters” have escalated their violent tactics against their political enemies while the corporate media has attempted to excuse or downplay the violence.
Early into Trump’s 2nd term, agitators targeted then-DOGE chief Elon Musk by vandalizing and firebombing Tesla dealerships and harassing Tesla owners.
In May, Elias Rodriguez, 30, opened fire on Yaron Lischinsky, 28, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, at the Capital Jewish Museum, killing both. He shouted “Free, free Palestine” as he was being arrested.
Last month another pro-Hamas radical shouted “Free Palestine” as he threw Molotov cocktails at Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, wounding thirteen people, and killing one.
Also in June, downtown Los Angeles saw antifa-fueled anti-ICE riots where agitators assaulted immigration officers, slashed tires, torched vehicles and and defaced public buildings. President Trump had to call in thousands of National Guard troops and 700 active-duty U.S. Marines to the city to quell the violence.
Left-wing militants also clashed with federal officers at an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon on the 4th of July, with hundreds of agitators attempting to storm holding cells.
Kyle Shideler, Director for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism at the Center For Security Policy, commented Tuesday that antifa’s escalation of political violence was foreseeable.
“For several years we have warned that Antifa cells were moving from mass movement protest tactics to small cell violent direct action, including firebombing police cars, pregnancy resource centers, and Tesla dealerships, and now attempted murder of police,” Shideler posted on X.
These warnings aligned with the historic practice of the New Left communist urban guerrillas from which Antifa is a direct linear descendant, as we proved in testimony submitted to the U.S. Senate.
This was also the conclusion of the German ministry of interior as early as 2020, which my colleague Michael Waller was first to report, making available in English translation intelligence reports on the growing threat of Antifa violence.
We’ve provided this information to hundreds of local, and state agencies as part of our law enforcement program. Antifa remains our most requested briefing subject because, officers tell us they just can’t get the info anywhere else.
We have also consulted with state legislators on anti-terror and anti-rioting legislation which has passed in multiple states, and which directly counter and criminalize Antifa tactics.
Warning has been provided, and off the shelf and easily customizable legislative solutions are available. Now action has to be taken.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced legislation in January to deem certain conduct of members of Antifa as domestic terrorism and designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization. So far, no action has been taken on the measure.
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