“Make no mistake; this was not a so-called ‘peaceful protest.’ It was, indeed, an ambush.”
Eleven people have been arrested in what law enforcement described as a “planned ambush” of corrections officers at an ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4.
Top row 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 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)
One Alvarado police officer was shot in the neck during the attack and is expected to survive.
“Early reports indicate that more than a dozen masked individuals dressed in black arrived at the Prairieland ICE detention facility late Friday night and vandalized vehicles and security cameras in the parking lot,” CBS News reported. “The individuals launched fireworks in an apparent effort to lure law enforcement.”
“Today, my office has charged ten individuals with three counts of attempted murder of a federal officer,” she continued. “Each of the ten are also charged with three counts of discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. Each of these defendants faces a mandatory prison term of ten years and up to life in prison. An additional co-conspirator was charged with an obstruction of justice and conspiracy for attempting to conceal and destroy evidence in relation to the attack, and he faces up to ten years in prison.”
“Let’s discuss the incident,” she continued. “It was a planned ambush with the intent to kill ICE corrections officers. Make no mistake; this was not a so-called ‘peaceful protest.’ It was, indeed, an ambush.”
