US EditionTrial begins for group accused of antifa links in shooting at Texas immigration detention center
Nine defendants face charges including attempted murder and material support to terrorism after an alleged coordinated attack involving gunfire and fireworks at an ICE detention center.
- Yesterday, a federal trial opened in Fort Worth, Texas, against nine defendants charged over a July 4, 2025 shooting at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center, and the indictment was read aloud in court.
- Prosecutors say encrypted messages show detailed planning for the July 4 operation, including phone calls and private chats linked to the organizer of the protest.
- On the stand, Alvarado police Lt. Thomas Gross described being struck by a round that entered his shoulder and exited his neck, while jurors heard fireworks were fired for about 30 minutes at 10:30 p.m. by participants wearing all black.
- The trial is expected to run upward of three weeks, with a federal jury reviewing more than 200 pieces of evidence, hearing at least 50 witnesses, and five people who previously pleaded guilty testifying.
- The case marks what federal officials call the first indictment tied to alleged Antifa‑related domestic terrorism, with eight of the nine defendants facing material‑support‑to‑terrorism charges following President Donald Trump’s designation.
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Defendants Deny Antifa Ties in Texas Detention Attempted Murder Trial
DALLAS, TEXAS — Jury selection and opening statements began Tuesday in the federal trial of nine people accused in last year’s shooting outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas, where an Alvarado police officer was wounded. Federal prosecutors allege the July 4, 2025 incident was carried out by individuals linked to antifa, following President Donald Trump’s order designating the movement as a domestic terrorist organization. Eight o…
Antifa Terror Trial Begins in Texas
(Headline USA) Federal prosecutors told jurors Tuesday that a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center last year was carried out by members of Antifa, opening a closely watched trial that lawyers for the accused say seeks to wrongly punish a group of political demonstrators. Nine people have pleaded not guilty over their alleged involvement in […]
Group accused of antifa links in immigration detention center shooting at trial
Federal prosecutors are describing those who participated in a July 4 gathering outside a Texas immigration detention center that left a police officer wounded as antifa members intent on a “violent campaign” to influence U.S. policy
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Trial begins for group accused of antifa links in shooting at Texas immigration detention center
Federal prosecutors are describing those who participated in a July 4 gathering outside a Texas immigration detention center that left a police officer wounded as antifa members intent on a “violent campaign” to influence U.S. policy.
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