More Details Revealed On Suspects In Independence Day Ice Attack In Texas

Some of nan suspects charged pinch attempted execution of 2 ICE agents and a constabulary serviceman astatine Prairieland Detention Center successful Alvarado, Texas, connected Independence Day met successful an online chat group connected Signal, and tribunal records show nan incident could person been worse. 

A July 7 criminal complaint revenge by nan U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas alleges that assailants changeable 20 to 30 rounds from an AR-15-style firearm earlier it jammed, causing it to malfunction. 

Investigators continued connected Tuesday to look into really nan suspects were linked, including done a imaginable Signal group chat. Ten individuals are facing national charges, including 3 counts of attempted execution of national agents successful summation to 3 counts of "discharging a firearm successful narration to a crime of violence."

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Ten suspects were charged pinch attempted execution of a national serviceman successful relationship pinch nan July 4, 2025, ambush onslaught connected nan Prairieland Detention Center successful Alvarado, Texas. (Johnson County Sheriff’s Office)

In addition, nan U.S. Attorney's agency charged an 11th suspect, Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, pinch concealing evidence.

On Friday night, nan heavy equipped group lured 2 unarmed ICE agents into a parking batch by firing a barrage of fireworks astatine their door, and spray-painting graffiti connected their individual cars pinch nan words "traitor" and "Ice Pig," which agents could spot from nan cameras inside.

Ten individuals person been charged for their roles successful nan shooting of an Alvarado constabulary serviceman astatine nan Prairieland Detention Center. (Justice Department)

At astir nan aforesaid time, a constabulary serviceman responded to their 911 telephone for 2 men firing rounds from a adjacent character line, and an serviceman was deed successful nan neck, which forced nan agents to return cover. The serviceman who was deed is expected to recover, according to DHS.

Suspect Bradford Morris was arrested while trying to fly from nan segment successful a reddish Hyundai van. While successful custody, he told an FBI supplier he had been "part of a Signal Group Chat for a while and that he had been invited to nan group chat years agone aft attending a protest." He drove to nan incident pinch different fishy and 2 group he only knew by their nicknames, "Champagne and Rowan." Inside Morris’ van, constabulary recovered a revolver, 2 AR-15 rifles, 2 Kevlar vests, a ballistic helmet and a loaded magazine.

According to nan criminal complaint, Morris "claimed that he met immoderate group online and transported immoderate of them down from Dallas" to nan halfway successful bid to "make immoderate noise."

Police besides recovered 7 suspects successful achromatic subject fatigues wandering successful a section 300 yards away, immoderate of whom were covered successful mud from trying to flight connected foot. They besides had weapons, vests and radios.

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The Prairieland Detention Facility successful Alvarado, Texas, wherever a constabulary serviceman was changeable successful nan cervix and respective ICE officers were changeable astatine connected Friday. (KDFW)

"One anticipation is that they are related and this is simply a nationalist concerted effort, to spell aft first responders," Alex Del Carmen, criminologist, told Fox 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth.

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"The 2nd anticipation is that, successful fact, this whitethorn not beryllium related astatine all, and these are simply copycats, group are getting inspired to do this benignant of harm to first responders because they’re reference what’s happening successful different states," he added.

Court records revealed extended readying arsenic good arsenic anti-government literature obtained successful an flat tied to a suspect, including lit entitled "Organising for Attack! Insurrectionary Anarchy."

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Court records revealed extended readying arsenic good arsenic anti-government lit obtained successful an flat tied to a suspect. (Justice Department)

The word "insurrectionary anarchy" is explained arsenic a "subset of anarchism that stands retired for its committedness to unit and revolutionary insurrection," according to a Perspectives connected Terrorism journal article, which is portion of nan International Centre for Counter-Terrorism, from March 2024. The Combating Terrorism Center astatine West Point besides had a journal article in March 2023 that explained "insurrectionary anarchism is regarded arsenic nan astir superior shape of home (non-jihadi) violent threat." 

Another fishy allegedly had flyers successful his backpack pinch "Fight ICE panic pinch people war!" and "Free each governmental prisoners."

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"ICE is actively moving pinch nan FBI and nan Texas Rangers regarding nan incident," a DHS spokesperson said successful a statement. 

"Threats aliases acts of unit toward rule enforcement officers will NOT beryllium tolerated. Secretary Noem has made it clear: If you frighten aliases effort to harm a rule enforcement officer, we will find you and prosecute you to nan fullest grade of nan law," nan connection continued.

Fox News Digital reached retired to nan FBI and nan Department of Justice.