Ten Members of an Antifa Terror Cell Arrested and Charged for Organizing the Ambush on ICE Agents and "Insurrectionary Anarchy"

I want Congress to recall Christopher Wray and grill him over his partisan insistence that the Democrats' violent socialist army was "just an idea."

And prosecute him for any perjuries.

Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo

These are the 10 alleged members of a north Texas Antifa terror cell accused of carrying out the attempted murder of federal officers at a shooting terrorist attack on an ICE facility on the Fourth of July in Alvarado, Texas.

One local police officer was shot in the neck, and survived. The group was armed with multiple rifles, pistols, body armor, escape vehicles, radios, and other devices indicating a planned conspiracy.

Multiple members of the cell are confirmed trans.

They've been charged federally with attempted murder and also face local charges of terrorism in Johnson County, Texas.

Photo scoop by @AntifaWatch2
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Top row from left to right:
Elizabeth Soto, of Fort Worth
Maricela Rueda, of Fort Worth
Ines Soto, of Fort Worth
Savanna Batten, of Fort Worth
Seth Sikes, of Kennedale

Bottom row from left to right:
Bradford Morris (trans name "Meagan Morris"), of Dallas
Cameron Arnold (trans name "Autumn Hill"), of Dallas
Joy Gibson, of Dallas
Zachary Evetts, of Waxahachie
Nathan Baumann, of College Station
Daniel Rolando Sanchez (not pictured below)

The Daily Caller:

Ten leftists charged in a Friday "ambush" on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Texas could each face sentences ranging from ten years to life in prison if convicted, authorities said Monday.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested ten suspects accused of coordinating an armed July 4 attack on the building in Alvarado, Texas and shooting a local police officer in the neck, officials said in a Monday press conference and criminal complaint. The incident was the first of two shootings at Texas border facilities over the past four days, reflecting a trend of increasingly violent assaults on law enforcement since the Trump administration ramped up ICE deportations.

The leftist mob arrived at the scene on the evening of July 4 "wearing all black" and began shooting fireworks and writing graffiti such as "ICE pig" around the detention center and parking lot, the complaint said. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) correctional officer attempted to talk to the vandals, but two suspects later fired 20 to 30 rounds at federal and local officers, wounding one Alvarado officer in the neck, the DOJ alleged.

"It was a planned ambush with the intent to kill ICE corrections officers," acting U.S. Attorney Nancy Larson said at the press conference. "Make no mistake. This was not a so-called peaceful protest."

Police found two AR-15-style rifles, used casings, body armor plate carriers and loaded magazines near the scene, according to the DOJ. Officers later allegedly found more weapons in the vehicle of one of the suspects, who said he brought some individuals that he met online from Dallas to the ICE detention center to "make some noise."

Law enforcement also observed body armor and radios on other suspects arrested that night, the DOJ alleged. One wearing the body armor allegedly had a backpack containing flyers that read "fight ICE terror with class war" and "free all political prisoners."

The ten suspects alleged to have participated in the attack face charges of attempted murder, attempted murder of a federal officer, discharge of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and aiding and abetting, the DOJ complaint says. They each face a maximum sentence of life in prison, while an eleventh "co-conspirator" who allegedly tried to destroy evidence of the plot faces up to ten years in prison, Larson said. Court records do not yet list attorneys for any of the defendants.

On Monday morning, the FBI searched an apartment linked to the eleventh suspect and found "anti-government propaganda," including materials for "organizing for attack" and "insurrectionary anarchy."

Law enforcement officials also announced Monday that a gunman opened fire on a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, before local police and border agents returned fire and killed him.

The July 4th incident followed weeks of violent anti-ICE riots that sprouted in California and spread across the country. The Trump administration has charged more than 20 people with federal crimes related to the California riots.

Gunther Eagleman @GuntherEagleman

HOLY CRAP! New details are just now being reported about this incident, and it proves why Antifa MUST be labeled as a domestic terror organization:

"The ambush in Alvarado, Texas, appears to be the most coordinated of all the recent attacks on ICE and border patrol agents and facilities."

"That attack began with at least 10 people, all dressed in what investigators describe as black military style clothing, shooting fireworks at the Prairie Detention Center."

"Around ten minutes later, one or two of them broke off from the main group and began spray painting the facility and vehicles parked there with words like traitor and other slogans."

"A police officer arrived responding to a 911 call, and at that point, one of the group who had apparently hidden in trees near the facility opened fire, hitting the officer in the neck, while another attacker also across the street fired dozens of rounds at officers from the facility."

"It was a planned ambush with the intent to k*ll ICE corrections officers. Make no mistake. This was not a so-called peaceful protest. It was indeed an ambush."

"Police also discovered anarchist literature and flyers in one of the vehicles used by the attackers and a Faraday bag, a type of bag that blocks phone signals and which is commonly used by criminals to prevent law enforcement tracking their locations."

We're returning to the days of Obama's buddies in the Weather Underground:

Mike Shelby @grayzoneintel

For the first time in nearly a decade tracking the Far Left, we just witnessed a coordinated, complex ambush by a Far Left direct action cell.

And the media is SILENT on its implications. Here's what you need to know: 🧵👇

1. Last Friday, 8-10 individuals launched fireworks and vandalized an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas to draw a law enforcement presence.

After a 911 call was made, multiple shooters opened fire, at least one in a nearby treeline, wounding an arriving officer.

2. These kinds of shootings are normally conducted by individuals.

What we see here is 10 militants and an 11th co-conspirator forming a cell, selecting a target, and carrying out a coordinated, complex attack.

Armed Far Left violence is not uncommon, but this is unprecedented

3. What this shows is an operational evolution from individuals acting out of uncontrolled rage to coordinated cell-based violence.

Now that this precedent has been set, where do we go from here?

4. The Most Likely Course of Action is continued attacks involving 1-3 shooters. Larger groups will be exponentially more difficult to coordinate, and there aren't enough Far Left militants to keep getting rolled up by the dozen.

5. Far Left militants will see the relative failure of this attack against a hard target, and simply choose softer targets in the future.

The availability of federal agents' personal information through online doxxing increases this likelihood.

6. The Most Dangerous Course of Action is that this attack open's a Pandora's Box of other armed Leftist groups attempting to successfully carrying out similar relatively large scale attacks against federal facilities.

7. Another Possible Course of Action: The relative failure of the attack and swift response by federal authorities diminishes the likelihood of future armed, organized political violence.

It's a bit counter-narrative, but we've seen that [felony charges against domestic terrorists] work.

8. The Georgia RICO case is a great example.

After 61 Far Left militants were charged under the RICO Act -- and some with domestic terrorism -- the Stop Cop City movement folded.

They deleted their website and stopped most operations because they didn't have the people.

9. If these 10 individuals and an 11th co-conspirator had a successful attack and escaped, then future attacks would be come immensely more likely because of a belief in the likelihood of success.

But this attack was not successful.

10. These 10 individuals are each being charged with three counts of attempted murder of a federal agent, which carries a mandatory 10-year prison sentence.

This will reduce the likelihood of similarly sized attacks, though not to zero.

11. The Alvarado ambush is a watershed moment for this country and our ongoing Low Intensity Conflict.

We will almost certainly continue to see armed political violence against federal facilities and/or personnel.

RICO works. I'll post my take on RICO below.

DHS made an arrest in Portland as well. Portland antifa has been attacking ICE agents for weeks, and were using a nearby apartment as a safehouse.

posted by Ace at 01:10 PM

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