Texas anti-ICE attackers have intensive protest arrest historical past

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Some members of the group charged within the Prairieland Detention Heart anti-ICE assault on Independence Day have been arrested up to now for protest actions.

Ines Soto, who's a part of the group of ten charged with attempted murder of federal officers and firearm offenses, was arrested at a protest in 2016 for allegedly resisting arrest and attempting to keep away from detention, in response to K-HOU 11 on the time.

The protest was in opposition to a speech by Richard Spencer at Texas A&M College. The outlet My Aggie Nation famous that Soto was 31 in 2016, which corroborates with a KERA Information report stating that Soto is now 40 years outdated and was launched on a $10,000 bond.

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<source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/07/343/192/prairieland-detention-center-ambush-attack-10-suspects-contrast.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/07/686/384/prairieland-detention-center-ambush-attack-10-suspects-contrast.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="192" width="343"><source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/07/672/378/prairieland-detention-center-ambush-attack-10-suspects-contrast.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/07/1344/756/prairieland-detention-center-ambush-attack-10-suspects-contrast.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="378" width="672"><source media="(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/07/931/523/prairieland-detention-center-ambush-attack-10-suspects-contrast.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/07/1862/1046/prairieland-detention-center-ambush-attack-10-suspects-contrast.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="523" width="931"><source media="(min-width: 1280px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/07/720/405/prairieland-detention-center-ambush-attack-10-suspects-contrast.jpg?ve=1&tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/07/1440/810/prairieland-detention-center-ambush-attack-10-suspects-contrast.jpg?ve=1&tl=1 2x" height="405" width="720"> Ten suspects had been charged with tried homicide of a federal officer in reference to the July 4, 2025, ambush assault on the Prairieland Detention Heart in Alvarado, Texas. (Johnson County Sheriff’s Workplace)

In the meantime, KERA News reported that Savanna Batten partook within the Occupy Wall Road motion via an "Occupy Dallas" protest in 2011, the place she was arrested for allegedly not permitting individuals to return and go from a Chase Financial institution. The case was finally dismissed, as a prison trespassing cost was scrapped in alternate for twenty-four group service hours, the outlet reported.

Batten additionally particularly has a historical past of anti-ICE activism , as she was charged for allegedly blocking a freeway in June 2018 close to a Dallas ICE facility, and the cost for that was additionally dismissed in 2019 as a part of a program.

Fox Information Digital reported final week that Benjamin Tune, who was captured by the FBI final week, had a identified protest background. He was named in a 2023 lawsuit over a counter-protest to the New Columbia Motion at a drag brunch in Fort Price, Texas. The lawsuit famous Tune was tied with a pro-arms leftist group, the Elm Fork John Brown Gun Membership.

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Through the Prairieland Detention Heart assault, automobiles had been vandalized with anti-ICE messages akin to "Ice Pig." (Justice Division)

As well as, he was additionally arrested in 2020 throughout a protest in Austin for allegedly assaulting a public servant, in response to Fox 4 .

Tune’s social media profiles additionally indicated that he was extraordinarily vocal on-line about his stances and activism, and in addition appeared to make use of a martial arts studio tied to his mom to movie tactical workouts.

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"Do you wish to finish mass shootings? Abolish the police," he posted in June 2022 underneath the X deal with, BubbleBreakBS.

Tune, a former U.S. Marine Corps reservist , is accused of firing two AR-15-style rifles at two correctional officers and one Alvarado police officer, in response to a prison criticism obtained by Fox Information Digital.

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Savanna Batten (left) and Ines Soto (proper) are each charged with tried homicide and firearms offenses in an anti-ICE Texas assault on July 4, 2025. (Johnson County Jail/)

"Make no mistake, this was not a peaceable protest," Performing U.S. Legal professional Nancy E. Larson mentioned in a July 8 assertion. "This was an ambush on federal and native legislation enforcement officers. This rising development of violence in opposition to legislation enforcement is not going to be tolerated within the Northern District of Texas. Those that use violence in opposition to legislation enforcement officers can be discovered and prosecuted utilizing the hardest prison statutes and penalties accessible."

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A neighborhood police officer was shot within the neck by a suspect within the woods, in response to the criticism. One other assailant allegedly fired dozens of rounds at unarmed correctional officers who had stepped exterior the ability. Cars outside the facility had been vandalized with "Ice pig" and "Traitor," as authorities obtained anti-government literature from these concerned, in addition to a flag that mentioned "Combat Fascism, Combat Oligarchy."

Fox Information Digital’s Greg Wehner and Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.

Cameron Arcand is a politics author at Fox Information Digital in Washington D.C. Story suggestions will be despatched to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand