Two Antifa Thugs Indicted on Federal Charges in Connection With July 4 Attack on Texas ICE Facility

ALVARADO, TX - A federal grand jury has indicted two Antifa members in connection with a July 4 terrorist attack on an ICE facility in Texas, Fox News Digital reports. 

The indictment, which was handed down on Wednesday and unsealed on Thursday, charges Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts with providing material support for terrorism, attempting to murder federal officers, and discharging firearms during attempted murders. 

“For the first time, the FBI has arrested violent anarchist extremists and charged these Antifa-aligned individuals with material support to terrorism,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. 

“This was a planned and coordinated terrorist attack on ICE's Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, where armed extremists tried to murder U.S. officers on July 4th,” Patel continued. 

“We are executing under President Trump’s new authorities at record speed," Patel said. "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. 

ABC News reported that Arnold and Evetts had previously been charged in connection with the ambush of federal agents at the Alvarado ICE facility; however, the federal grand jury added the additional charges of providing material support to terrorists. 

Arnold and Evetts participated in the ambush of federal agents at the ICE facility along with nine others. Law enforcement officials said the suspects used fireworks as a distraction while they vandalized vehicles outside the facility. That was a ruse to get law enforcement officers to respond. 

When police began to respond, Arnold yelled, “Get to the rifles!” the indictment says. 

“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. 

The charges came only weeks after President Trump signed an executive order classifying Antifa as a terrorist organization. 

The indictment, filed in the Northern District of Texas, describes Antifa as a “militant enterprise made up of networks of individuals and small groups primarily ascribing to a revolutionary anarchist or autonomous Marxist ideology, which explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States government, law enforcement authorities, and the system of law.” 

The indictment alleges that Arnold and Evetts belonged to an “Antifa cell” that planned and coordinated the July 4 attack on the ICE facility using firearms and fireworks to target correctional officers specifically. 

“Some Antifa Cell members discussed logistics, previous site reconnaissance, and locations of security cameras at the facility. They exchanged a map of Prairieland and the surrounding area that showed the locations of nearby police stations,” the indictment continues. “One Antifa Cell member, for example, said in one group chat that they would be ‘bringing a wagon to hold armor and rifles.’” 

The entire indictment can be read here.