{"id":362736,"date":"2026-06-16T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/362736\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:18:19","slug":"fbi-disrupts-plot-targeting-ufc-event-at-white-house-with-explosive-drones-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/362736\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI disrupts plot targeting UFC event at White House with explosive drones: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jxTEW Poyse uieav lqtkC HkWF HfYhe kGyAC \">Five people were in custody, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>ByLuke Barr, Pierre Thomas and Alexander Mallin  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ABCNews logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/origin-abcnews.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, June 16, 2026 12:58PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"FBI disrupts plot targeting UFC event with explosive drones: Sources\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">The FBI disrupted an alleged plot targeting the UFC Freedom 250 fight at the White House, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Five people were in custody, according to sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Featherweight fighters Diego Lopez and Steve Garcia in the ring during the first fight at UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Washington. \" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/19308224_061626-cc-ap-freedom-250-ufc-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Featherweight fighters Diego Lopez and Steve Garcia in the ring during the first fight at UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, June 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ABC News Internet Ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five people were in custody, according to sources. ByLuke Barr, Pierre Thomas and Alexander Mallin Tuesday, June 16,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[147429,8986,112,114,113,974],"class_list":["post-362736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-147429","tag-abc-news","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}