(Washington) Two people indicted in July for the attack on an immigration detention center in Texas are now also being prosecuted for “supporting terrorism” following Donald Trump’s designation of the Antifa movement as a “terrorist organization”, the authorities announced Thursday.
Initially, ten people were charged for the attack on July 4, the American national holiday, against an immigration police (ICE) detention center near Dallas during which a police officer was injured in the neck.
They were targeted by six counts, including three of attempted murder of a federal agent.
The new indictment dated Wednesday and made public Thursday now mentions “at least 11 people” involved, two of whom, Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts, are subject to an additional charge, for “material support to terrorists”. Both will appear for formal arraignment on October 22.
The entire group is now described as “an Antifa cell.”
“For the first time ever: the FBI has arrested violent anarchist extremists affiliated with Antifa and terrorism charges have been filed for the attack on ICE on July 4 in Prairieland, Texas,” FBI Director Kash Patel commented on X.
“As the President of the United States has announced, Antifa is a left-wing terrorist organization. They will be prosecuted as such,” added Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Donald Trump signed a presidential decree in September officially classifying the “Antifa” movement, which brings together groups claiming to be anti-fascism, as a “terrorist organization”, the day after a ceremony honoring the murdered ultraconservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
According to legal authorities, one of the attackers at the ICE facility on July 4 fired 20 to 30 rounds at unarmed corrections officers, and several rifles, body armor and walkie-talkies were found at the scene.
