{"id":204126,"date":"2026-03-14T04:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/204126\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T04:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T04:40:09","slug":"texas-ice-attack-suspects-convicted-as-kash-patel-warns-fbi-will-hunt-down-anyone-attacking-law-enforcemnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/204126\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas ICE attack suspects convicted as Kash Patel warns FBI will ‘hunt down’ anyone attacking law enforcemnt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jurors delivered a mixed verdict Friday in the federal trial of nine people accused of carrying out a 2025 \u201cambush\u201d attack on an\u00a0ICE detention facility in North Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nine defendants accused of being part of a North Texas \u201cAntifa cell\u201d were convicted by a federal jury in Fort Worth for their roles in the July 4, 2025, attack on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).<\/p>\n

Jurors delivered the verdict around 2:30 p.m. Friday at the federal courthouse in Fort Worth following roughly a day and a half of deliberations,\u00a0FOX 4 News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guilty verdicts in today\u2019s case go to show this FBI\u2019s 24\/7 commitment to identifying, locating, and dismantling ANTIFA members and their networks,\u201d\u00a0Kash Patel\u00a0told Fox News Digital. <\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank our Dallas field office and great partners for delivering justice. If you attack federal law enforcement this FBI will use every resource at our disposal to hunt you down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jurors handed out a mixed verdict that led to nine defendants being convicted for their role in the 2025 \u201cambush\u201d attack on an\u00a0ICE detention facility in North Texas.<\/p>\n

During the 12-day trial, which began Feb. 23, 2026, jurors heard testimony from more than 45 witnesses and reviewed over 210 exhibits tied to the charges against the nine defendants<\/a>, the DOJ said.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Song was convicted of the most serious charge \u2014\u00a0attempted murder\u00a0\u2014 for shooting Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross, according to FOX 4.<\/p>\n

All but one of the nine defendants \u2014 Daniel Estrada \u2014 were found guilty of providing material support to terrorists, rioting, conspiring to use and carry explosives, and using explosives during a riot, FOX 4 reported.<\/p>\n

Kash Patel told Fox News Digital, \u201cThe guilty verdicts in today\u2019s case go to show this FBI\u2019s 24\/7 commitment to identifying, locating, and dismantling ANTIFA members and their networks.\u201d REUTERS<\/p>\n

Daniel Estrada, who was not present the night of the incident, was convicted of concealing records and conspiracy to conceal documents, according to FOX 4.<\/p>\n

Maricela Rueda was also convicted of conspiracy to conceal documents.<\/p>\n

\u201cAntifa is a domestic terrorist organization that has been allowed to flourish in Democrat-led cities \u2014 not under President Trump,\u201d Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement. <\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s verdict on terrorism charges will not be the last as the Trump administration systematically dismantles Antifa and finally halts their violence on America\u2019s streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

Authorities say the July 4, 2025, attack outside the\u00a0Prairieland ICE Detention Facility in Alvarado\u00a0involved fireworks, damage to buildings and vehicles, and gunfire directed at officers.<\/p>\n

FOX 4 reported that Benjamin Song had the most serious conviction as he was charged with attempted murder after he shot Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors argued the attack was orchestrated by Song and carried out by members of a\u00a0North Texas Antifa cell, FOX 4 reported.<\/p>\n

Defense attorneys argued there was no ambush and said the defendants did not intend for any violence to occur.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe calculated, violent attack at ICE\u2019s Prairieland facility was an abhorrent way for antifa terrorists to \u2018protest\u2019 the way this agency enforces the law \u2014 but these verdicts make clear that those who choose violence over lawful expression will face the full force of the American justice system,\u201d ICE Director Todd Lyons said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jurors delivered a mixed verdict Friday in the federal trial of nine people accused of carrying out a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30480,69796,294,9421,27,29,28,734],"class_list":["post-204126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-attacks","tag-convictions","tag-crime","tag-kash-patel","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}