From Fox News: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and other federal law enforcement officers conducting immigration enforcement have been targeted in at least two ambushes in Texas in recent days.
The Justice Department on Monday named 10 individuals charged with shooting a police officer in the neck and opening fire on other correctional officers outside the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on the Fourth of July. The group, donning all black, allegedly first began shooting fireworks at the facility, which is being used by the Department of Homeland Security to hold people related to immigration violations or awaiting deportation.
The defendants are Cameron Arnold, also known as Autumn Hill; Savannah Batten; Nathan Baumann; Zachary Evetts; Joy Gibson; Bradford Morris, also known as Meagan Morris; Maricela Rueda; Seth Sikes; Elizabeth Soto; and Ines Soto. The complaint charges each of them with three counts of attempted murder of a federal officer and three counts of discharging a firearm during, in relation to and in furtherance of a violent crime.
Approximately 10 minutes after convening at the ICE facility, one or two individuals broke off from the main group and began to spray graffiti on vehicles and a guard structure in the parking lot, authorities said. Photos included in the criminal complaint, filed in the Northern District of Texas, show vehicles tagged with the messages “ICE pig” and “F— you pigs.” Correction officers dialed 911 and an Alvarado police officer responded to the scene.
After the officer exited his vehicle, a defendant in nearby woods allegedly shot him in the neck.
Another assailant, wearing a green mask, fired 20 to 30 rounds at unarmed correctional officers.
“The shooting was captured by both CCTV and the APD officer’s body-worn camera,” the complaint says.
“This was an egregious attack on federal and local law enforcement officers and it is part of an increasing trend of violence against them,” said Nancy Larson, acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
In another incident, an active shooter decked out in tactical gear and a rifle fired on Border Patrol agents as they arrived at a Border Patrol annex facility in McAllen, Texas, on Monday, law enforcement sources say.
“This morning an individual opened fired at the entrance of the United States Border Patrol sector annex in McAllen, Texas. Both Border Patrol agents and local police helped neutralize the shooter,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement to Fox News.
Agents and local police killed the gunman and federal agents were unharmed.
A McAllen police officer was struck, however. They are in stable condition.
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