USA's first Antifa terrorism trial has a verdict

Nine North Texas Antifa cell fascists just got hit with major guilty verdicts in federal court on Friday for their roles in the violent July 4 attack last year on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Texas.

One of the fascists was convicted of attempted murder.

The jury convicted the nine fascists on a range of serious charges, including rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, and using and carrying an explosive during what prosecutors described as a coordinated North Texas Antifa Cell assault that left a local Alvarado police officer shot in the neck.

FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock called the incident a "coordinated attack" on the facility holding illegal immigrants ahead of deportation.

Two individuals were also convicted of conspiracy to conceal documents.

According to the Department of Justice, Benjamin Song was pegged as the attack's leader. He handed out firearms and recruited participants for the operation. Song was convicted of attempted murder of federal officers for the unlawful attempt to kill with malice aforethought the Alvarado Police Officer and for unlawful discharging of a firearm in the attempted murder of two correctional officers and an Alvarado Police Officer, since he was the shooter who hit the officer in the neck.

Song bolted from the scene like a roach when the lights come on, but he got nabbed on July 15, 2025, while most of the other suspects were arrested shortly after, per the DOJ.

Song now faces up to life in prison, with a mandatory minimum of 20 years, the Department of Justice press release noted. Seven others could see only 10 to 60 years, and Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada might get up to only 40 years.

"These guilty verdicts and convictions rightly reflect the vicious, armed attack that these Antifa cell members planned and executed against law enforcement and detention center officers on the night of July 4 last year," U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould said in a statement.

"Their terrorist acts, attempted murder, vandalism, and explosives launched at a detention facility were a far cry from some peaceful protest or First Amendment expression. Because of the prompt action of first responders that night and tenacious work of our law enforcement partners in tandem with the prosecutors in my office, sixteen people have been brought to justice for these violent acts and their attempts to conceal them. We will continue in this mission to hold others accountable who perpetrate such violence and fund these ANTIFA groups in the Northern District of Texas."

Notably, the attackers used monikers in their group chats to plot the riot. They also set off fireworks and trashed the place, including spray-painting "F*ck You Pigs" on a building. How mature.

This was no spontaneous outburst. It was a calculated ambush on law enforcement, and the jury saw right through any claims otherwise. Justice served.

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