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15-07-2025
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Suspect in anti-ICE Texas shooting granted green card under Biden administration
FIRST ON FOX: One of the suspects charged with ties to the anti-ICE attack at the Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas, was granted a green card under the Biden administration and is a prior recipient of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada, 38, is the husband of one of the alleged attackers. He is referenced in the unsealed criminal complaint lodged against 10 individuals who allegedly attacked the detention center over the weekend, which resulted in an Alvarado police officer being shot in the neck. The officer is expected to recover. The 10 suspects are facing federal charges, including multiple counts of attempted murder of a federal officer and "discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence." Sanchez-Estrada was part of a separate criminal complaint, as he was arrested by the FBI on Monday on a felony charge of "conspiracy to tamper with evidence" as they were executing a search warrant. The unsealed complaint alleges that Sanchez-Estrada was seen "carrying multiple packages from his residence to his truck." The box included "anti-government propaganda," including one entitled "Organising for Attack! Insurrectionary Anarchy." The term "insurrectionary anarchy" is explained as a "subset of anarchism that stands out for its commitment to violence and revolutionary insurrection," according to a Perspectives on Terrorism journal article, which is part of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, from March 2024. The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point also had a journal article in March 2023 that explained "insurrectionary anarchism is regarded as the most serious form of domestic (non-jihadi) terrorist threat." According to ICE sources, he was born in 1986 and arrived in the United States with a Border Crossing Card at the Laredo, Texas, port of entry in 2001, when he was a teenager. He was granted DACA status in 2013, and he filed for renewals for DACA in 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022. Sanchez-Estrada was also arrested by local Texas police for alleged possession of a controlled substance in 2020, but the charge was dismissed two months later. He was granted a green card in April 2024 after applying in September 2023. On Friday, a heavily armed group allegedly lured two unarmed ICE agents into a parking lot by firing a barrage of fireworks at their door, and spray-painting graffiti on their personal cars with the words "traitor" and "Ice Pig," which agents could see from the cameras inside, last Friday. At around the same time, a police officer responded to their 911 call for two men firing rounds from a nearby tree line, and an officer was hit in the neck, which forced the agents to take cover. A July 7 criminal complaint filed by the U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas alleges that assailants shot 20 to 30 rounds from an AR-15-style rifle before it jammed, causing it to malfunction. Suspect Bradford Morris was arrested while trying to flee from the scene in a red Hyundai van. While in custody, he told an FBI agent he had been "part of a Signal Group Chat for a while and that he had been invited to the group chat years ago after attending a protest." He allegedly drove to the incident with another suspect and two people he only knew by their nicknames, "Champagne and Rowan." Inside Morris' van, police found a revolver, two AR-15 rifles, two Kevlar vests, a ballistic helmet and a loaded magazine. According to the criminal complaint, Morris "claimed that he met some people online and transported some of them down from Dallas" to the center in order to "make some noise." Police also found seven suspects in black military fatigues wandering in a field 300 yards away, some of whom were covered in mud from trying to escape on foot. Police said they also had weapons, vests and radios. The attack comes amid rising concerns about hostilities toward ICE and Border Patrol agents amid left-wing criticisms of the Trump administration's immigration policies. This week, a gunman was killed ambushing Border Patrol at an annex facility in McAllen, Texas. A McAllen police officer was shot in the leg and two Border Patrol personnel were injured, according to the Department of Homeland Security. "They vandalized vehicles and security cameras at the detention center and slashed federal vehicle tires. Responding officers made arrests. ICE is actively working with the FBI and the Texas Rangers regarding the incident," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday. "Threats or acts of violence toward law enforcement officers will NOT be tolerated. Secretary Noem has made it clear: If you threaten or attempt to harm a law enforcement officer, we will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law," the statement continued.
Fox News
10-07-2025
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Man busted with anti-government, anti-Trump documents after Texas ICE ambush suspect phone call, feds say
A man charged with tampering with evidence in connection to the ambush on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Texas allegedly tried to conceal anti-government and anti-Trump documents. Authorities were led to Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada – who ICE said is a green card holder from Mexico and a former DACA recipient – following a jailhouse phone call placed by one of the alleged attackers busted on the Fourth of July. A group of between 10 and 12 individuals are believed to have graffitied vehicles and shot fireworks at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas. Between 20 and 30 rounds were fired at a police officer and DHS correctional officers outside. Upon his arrest, ICE said that law enforcement "found literal insurrectionist propaganda, titled 'Organizing for Attack! Insurrectionary Anarchy.' "According to West Point, 'insurrectionary anarchism is regarded as the most serious form of domestic (non-jihadi) terrorist threat,'" ICE posted on X Thursday. "This man was granted legal status through the DACA program and then given a green card under the Biden administration in 2024." Marciela Rueda is one of seven of the alleged attackers whom law enforcement caught wearing "black, military-style clothing, body armor, and covered in mud" while attempting to flee the scene on foot, according to court documents. Rueda placed two phone calls from the Johnson County Jail on July 6 – one to her mother, whom she told in Spanish to contact Sanchez, and another to Sanchez directly. She allegedly told Sanchez in English to tow her vehicle from the street of a Dallas address that investigators determined was used as a "staging location" before the group proceeded to the Prairieland Detention Center, which is being used to hold people related to immigration violations or awaiting deportation. The vehicle was registered to Rueda's residence in Fort Worth. Rueda told Sanchez, "whatever you need to do, move whatever you need to move at the house," according to an FBI affidavit. Sanchez allegedly said he had already been to the house in Fort Worth, and investigators believe Sanchez thought the house had not yet been searched by police. Sanchez's parents told FBI agents that he splits time between living with them in Dallas and with Rueda in Fort Worth, according to the complaint. ICE sources previously told Fox News that Sanchez is the husband of one of the alleged attackers. An FBI surveillance team went to an address in Garland, in the Dallas area, associated with Sanchez and his parents. They said they had observed Sanchez carrying multiple packages outside and to his pick-up truck. He then fueled up at a nearby gas station and drove to an apartment complex in Denton, unloaded a box from the bed of the truck and left it outside a second-floor apartment, according to court documents. While executing a search warrant on the apartment in Denton, federal law enforcement found what appeared to be the same box Sanchez had been carrying. It contained "a handwritten training, tactics, and planning document for civil unrest with anti-law enforcement, anti-government, and anti-Trump sentiments." The complaint included a photo of the box's contents, including flyers that read, "War in the Streets." "It's Vacant, Take it!," and "Another Critique of Insurrectionalism." Denton police arrested Sanchez during a traffic stop. He is accused of having "knowingly and willfully altered, destroyed, mutilated, or concealed a record, document, or other object, or attempted to do so, with the intent to impair the object's integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding," according to the complaint. Federal prosecutors on Monday announced charges, including attempted murder of a federal officer, against Rueda and nine others: Cameron Arnold, also known as Autumn Hill; Savannah Batten; Nathan Baumann; Zachary Evetts; Joy Gibson; Bradford Morris, also known as Meagan Morris; Seth Sikes; Elizabeth Soto; and Ines Soto. All 10 are U.S. citizens, authorities said. Sanchez, a Mexican national, was charged in a separate complaint with conspiracy to tamper with evidence, a felony offense. A twelfth individual, Benjamin Hanil Song, was charged on Wednesday and remains at large. The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to Song, a former U.S. Marine Corps reservist wanted in connection with the July 4 ambush. According to court documents, Song purchased four of the guns that were found in connection with the shooting, including an AR-15-style rifle found in the back of a van driven by Morris while fleeing the scene of the attack. A Johnson County Sheriff's Office detective conducted a traffic stop on Morris while he was fleeing the scene alone. Inside the vehicle, law enforcement also found a pistol, two Kevlar ballistic-style vests and a ballistic helmet, according to court documents. Morris also allegedly had a loaded magazine in his pocket that matched the pistol and a handheld radio in his possession. He allegedly told investigators that he had driven himself and three others from Dallas to the ICE detention center and the plan was to "make some noise." Morris said he heard about the event through a Signal group chat he was invited to after attending a protest years ago, court documents say. Song also allegedly purchased the pistol found in Gibson's backpack when she was fleeing the scene on foot, authorities said. An Alvarado police officer was shot in the neck outside the ICE facility during the attack and is expected to survive.
Fox News
09-07-2025
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More details revealed on suspects in Independence Day ICE attack in Texas
Some of the suspects charged with attempted murder of two ICE agents and a police officer at Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on Independence Day met in an online chat group on Signal, and court records show the incident could have been worse. A July 7 criminal complaint filed by the U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas alleges that assailants shot 20 to 30 rounds from an AR-15-style rifle before it jammed, causing it to malfunction. Investigators continued on Tuesday to look into how the suspects were linked, including through a possible Signal group chat. Ten individuals are facing federal charges, including three counts of attempted murder of federal agents in addition to three counts of "discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence." In addition, the U.S. Attorney's office charged an 11th suspect, Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, with concealing evidence. On Friday night, the heavily armed group lured two unarmed ICE agents into a parking lot by firing a barrage of fireworks at their door, and spray-painting graffiti on their personal cars with the words "traitor" and "Ice Pig," which agents could see from the cameras inside. At around the same time, a police officer responded to their 911 call for two men firing rounds from a nearby tree line, and an officer was hit in the neck, which forced the agents to take cover. The officer who was hit is expected to recover, according to DHS. Suspect Bradford Morris was arrested while trying to flee from the scene in a red Hyundai van. While in custody, he told an FBI agent he had been "part of a Signal Group Chat for a while and that he had been invited to the group chat years ago after attending a protest." He drove to the incident with another suspect and two people he only knew by their nicknames, "Champagne and Rowan." Inside Morris' van, police found a revolver, two AR-15 rifles, two Kevlar vests, a ballistic helmet and a loaded magazine. According to the criminal complaint, Morris "claimed that he met some people online and transported some of them down from Dallas" to the center in order to "make some noise." Police also found seven suspects in black military fatigues wandering in a field 300 yards away, some of whom were covered in mud from trying to escape on foot. They also had weapons, vests and radios. "One possibility is that they are related and this is a national concerted effort, to go after first responders," Alex Del Carmen, criminologist, told Fox 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth. "The second possibility is that, in fact, this may not be related at all, and these are simply copycats, people are getting inspired to do this kind of harm to first responders because they're reading what's happening in other states," he added. Court records revealed extensive planning as well as anti-government literature obtained in an apartment tied to a suspect, including literature entitled "Organising for Attack! Insurrectionary Anarchy." The term "insurrectionary anarchy" is explained as a "subset of anarchism that stands out for its commitment to violence and revolutionary insurrection," according to a Perspectives on Terrorism journal article, which is part of the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, from March 2024. The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point also had a journal article in March 2023 that explained "insurrectionary anarchism is regarded as the most serious form of domestic (non-jihadi) terrorist threat." Another suspect allegedly had flyers in his backpack with "Fight ICE terror with class war!" and "Free all political prisoners." "ICE is actively working with the FBI and the Texas Rangers regarding the incident," a DHS spokesperson said in a statement. "Threats or acts of violence toward law enforcement officers will NOT be tolerated. Secretary Noem has made it clear: If you threaten or attempt to harm a law enforcement officer, we will find you and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law," the statement continued. Fox News Digital reached out to the FBI and the Department of Justice.
