The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) leveled terrorism charges against two Antifa members involved in an alleged attempt to murder Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Texas in July. Indictments in the case – the first of its kind -were unsealed on Thursday.
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“This was a planned and coordinated terrorist attack on the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, where armed extremists tried to murder U.S. officers on July 4th,” said FBI director Kash Patel speaking with Fox News, which first reported the charges.
“We are executing under President Trump’s new authorities at record speed. To date, the FBI has made over 20 arrests tied to this case and related Antifa networks. No one gets to harm law enforcement. Not on our watch,” he added.
The federal indictment charges Cameron Arnold of Dallas, Texas, and Zachary Evetts of Waxahachie, Texas, with material support for terrorism, attempted murder of officers and employees of the United States, and discharging a firearm in relation to and in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Arnold identifies as transgender and also uses the name Autumn Hill.
“As @POTUS has made clear, Antifa is a left-wing terrorist organization. They will be prosecuted as such,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi.
According to the indictment, both men are members of an Antifa cell, and coordinated with their cell to attack an ICE facility.
They allegedly initially launched fireworks at the building and vandalized vehicles before opening fire with rifles. They face charges for allegedly attempting to murder two ICE agents and a local Alvarado police officer, who was shot in the neck but survived.
Evetts and Arnold were two of ten suspects arrested in connection with the attack and attempted murder.
The charges come after President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.
Read the full indictment here:
