Woman charged in armed Texas ICE ambush urged husband to hide ‘anti-Trump' evidence from feds in jail phone call: sources

New York Post

6 days ago

One member of the armed mob accused of ambushing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a Texas detention center on the 4th of July allegedly called her immigrant husband from jail to hide evidence from their home that contained 'anti-government and anti-Trump documents,' sources told The Post Wednesday.
Maricela Rueda allegedly called her husband, Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, and directed him to tow her car from their Dallas home, which investigators believe was a 'staging location' for the attack.
She allegedly also told her husband to do 'whatever you need to do, move whatever you need to move at the house,' according to court documents.
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4 The mug shots of the 10 individuals charged with attempted murder of federal agents at the ICE detention center.
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4 Daniel Rolando-Sanchez Estrada, who was nabbed by the FBI on Monday, is the husband of Maricela Rueda.
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4 Low-resolution surveillance images appeared to show Sanchez Estrada carrying boxes near a car.
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
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Surveillance photos appeared to show Sanchez Estrada carrying boxes to a car, where cops later found 'a handwritten training, tactics, and planning documents for civil unrest with anti-law enforcement, anti-government, and anti-Trump sentiments.'
He split time living at Rueda's and his family's homes, feds said. The alleged accomplice was a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient who was handed a green card during the Biden administration, Homeland Security sources told The Post.
The FBI arrested Sanchez Estrada Monday for conspiracy to tamper with evidence while the feds were conducting a search warrant.
The assailants allegedly wore military-style gear, including tactical vests, and launched fireworks at the detention facility near Dallas before spraying bullets at a local cop and unarmed federal agents, according to the criminal complaint filed Monday.
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One suspect fired 20 to 30 rounds at two detention center employees, prosecutors said. A local cop for the town of Alvarado also took a gunshot to the neck and has since been released from the hospital, cops said.
The 10 suspects each face three counts of attempted murder and three counts of discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence.
4 The mob carried out the 'organized attack' at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas.
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The sinister crew allegedly staged its 'organized attack' in the facility's surrounding woods, where they lobbed salvos of fireworks and spray-painted cars parked at the building, the complaint claims.
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The attackers fled and allegedly left assault rifles and loaded magazines at the scene.
Several of the assailants were armed, clad in body armor and carried two-way radios when cops collared them, authorities said.
Cops found cans of spray paint and flyers stating, 'FIGHT ICE TERROR WITH CLASS WAR!' and 'FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS,' and a flag stating, 'RESIST FACISM – FIGHT OLIGARCHY' after searching the suspects and their vehicles.
Photos released as part of the investigation into the attack show 'traitor' and 'ice pig' spray-painted on official vehicles.
'Make no mistake, this was not a peaceful protest,' said local Acting US Attorney Nancy E. Larson. 'This increasing trend of violence against law enforcement will not be tolerated in the Northern District of Texas.'
Along with Rueda, Cameron Arnold, Savannah Batten, Nathan Baumann, Zachary Evetts, Joy Gibson, Bradford Morris, Seth Sikes, Elizabeth Soto and Ines Soto were charged for the Texas attack.