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A former DACA recipient who received a green card under the Biden administration has been charged in connection with an anti-ICE attack in Alvarado, Texas.
A federal law enforcement source told CBS News that local police arrested eight people. The official said some of those apprehended were wearing body armor.
Benjamin Hanil Song was charged with three counts of attempted murder and three counts of discharging a firearm during a violent act, the FBI announced Wednesday.
The suspect, a former U.S. Marine Corps reservist, is accused of joining 11 others in an organized attack against officers at the Prairieland Detention Center.
A Blue Alert was issued on Wednesday for a man accused of shooting an Alvarado police officer during an attack at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on July 4, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI.
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FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth on MSNAlvarado ICE facility attack: Military veteran wanted for allegedly shooting 2 riflesThe suspect is believed to have fired two AR-15-style rifles at three officers, and his criminal complaint document says he was in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves for five years.
Ten individuals face charges for a July 4 attack on a Texas ICE facility, part of a surge in assaults on ICE agents, with an armed activist also shooting a Border Patrol official.
The suspect, a former U.S. Marine Corps reservist, is accused of joining 11 others in an organized attack against officers at the Prairieland Detention Center.
Benjamin Hanil Song is accused of shooting an Alvarado police officer during an attack on the Prairieland Detention Center.
ICE agents faced armed attacks in Texas, including a Fourth of July ambush where assailants in military-style clothing shot a police officer in the neck.