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EXCLUSIVE TO FOX: Two purported Antifa activists face terrorism-related charges from a federal grand jury following an Independence Day attack on a Texas ICE facility.
Unveiled on Thursday, the indictment accuses Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts of offering material support for terrorism, attempting to murder federal officers, and discharging firearms in these attempts.
FBI Director Kash Patel remarked, “For the first time, anarchist violent extremists affiliated with Antifa have been apprehended by the FBI and charged with providing material support to terrorism.”
He elaborated, “This incident was a premeditated and orchestrated terrorist assault on the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, where armed extremists attempted to take the lives of U.S. officers on July 4th.”
The attack unfolded as a group ambushed correctional and police officers at the facility, using fireworks and graffiti as distractions before opening fire with semiautomatic weapons. (Image by Mark David Smith/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
“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,” Patel added.
Attorney General Pam Bondi also hailed the charges, vowing further prosecutions against Antifa members.
Arnold and Evetts are alleged to have participated in the ambush of federal agents at the ICE detention facility along with nine others. Authorities say the suspects used fireworks as a distraction while vandalizing vehicles outside the facility.
When police began to respond, the indictment says, Arnold yelled, “Get to the rifles!”
The 10 suspects in the ambush attack on the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas are seen in front of a photo from the scene of the crime. Top row, left to right: Marciela Rueda, Savanna Batten, Joy Gibson, Meagan Morris a.k.a. Bradford Morris, Autumn Hill a.k.a. Cameron Arnold. Bottom row, left to right: Zachary Evetts, Nathan Baumann, Ines Soto, Elizabeth Soto, Seth Sikes. (Johnson County Sheriff’s Office)
“Seconds later, coconspirator-1 [Arnold] opened fire on the officers, striking the Alvarado officer in the neck area as the unarmed correctional officers ducked and ran for cover. The wounded officer fell to the ground but was able to return a few shots. Coconspirator-1 continued to fire additional rounds until his rifle jammed. The attackers then left the scene,” the indictment reads.
Ten individuals have been charged for their roles in the shooting of an Alvarado police officer at the Prairieland Detention Center. Â (U.S, Separtment of Justice.)
The charges come weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to classify Antifa as a terrorist organization.
