BREAKING: North Texas Antifa Terror Cell Members Sentenced to Combined 450 Years in Federal Prison

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Ngo Comment 6/23/2026

And their legal woes are not yet over.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Eight members of a North Texas Antifa terror cell received historic federal sentences on Tuesday, with prison terms ranging from 30 years to life in prison for their roles in the shooting ambush on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. The attack led to the first federal Antifa terrorism prosecution — and later convictions — in U.S. history.

U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman sentenced ringleader Benjamin Hanil Song to 100 years in prison. Song was convicted of the most serious offenses in the case, including attempted murder and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Prosecutors proved at trial that he shot Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross in the neck during the Fourth of July attack last year.

Bradford Morris, a trans militant and sex worker known as “Meagan Morris,” who lived in a Dallas commune with other trans individuals he referred to as his “wives,” was sentenced to 50 years. (The Kessler Heights neighborhood commune also functioned as one of the group’s bases.)

Maricela Rueda was sentenced to 70 years in prison.

Elizabeth Soto was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Because of the large number of defendants, Chief U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor simultaneously sentenced four additional convicts in a separate courtroom.

Cameron Arnold, also known as “Autumn Hill,” received 50 years in prison.

Zachary Evetts received 50 years.

Savanna Batten received 50 years in prison.

Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada, a Mexican national, received 30 years in prison.

The defendants were among nine Antifa members convicted by a federal jury in March following the first federal Antifa terrorism trial in U.S. history. Their prison sentences are the longest in American history for convicted violent Antifa members.

The cell plotted and carried out an attack on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4, 2025.

Jurors found the defendants guilty of offenses including providing material support to terrorists, rioting, conspiracy involving explosives and related crimes.

More: https://www.ngocomment.com/p/breaking-exclusive-north-texas-antifa

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Antifa Gets What It Deserves

Powerline 6/24/2026

Antifa is a violent insurrectionist organization that can reasonably be seen as the militant arm of the Democratic Party, much as the Ku Klux Klan was the Democrats’ militant arm a couple of generations ago. Some Democratic politicians cheer on Antifa, while most maintain a discreet silence with regard to its activities. I don’t recall having seen a Democratic politician criticize the organization.

On July 4, 2025, an Antifa cell in Texas attacked an ICE detention center in an effort to kill federal law enforcement personnel and free illegal aliens who were detained there. They shot a local police officer in the neck, but fortunately he survived. The Antifa assault was repelled, and its participants were tracked down by federal authorities. The leader of the Antifa cell was Benjamin Song. He escaped from the scene and remained briefly at large with the help of other Antifa members.

The Department of Justice charged 16 Antifa members with offenses ranging from attempted murder to riot and providing material support to terrorists. Seven pled guilty prior to trial, while charges against nine were tried to a jury beginning in February. All were convicted, and yesterday eight of the nine were sentenced by a federal judge.

More: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/06/antifa-gets-what-it-deserves.php