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Fox News
16-07-2025
- Fox News
FBI captures former Marine Corps reservist accused of shooting at ICE officers at Texas detention center
Federal authorities arrested a military veteran on Tuesday afternoon, who was wanted in connection with an attack on an ICE detention facility in Texas and remained on the run for nearly 11 days after the attack. The FBI Dallas Field Office said it apprehended 32-year-old Benjamin Song on Tuesday afternoon in Dallas. Song allegedly joined a group of 10 to 12 others in an organized attack on officers at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4. Ten assailants were apprehended at the time, though Song managed to evade capture, according to authorities. "The FBI has worked tirelessly to arrest everyone associated with the shooting at the Prairieland Detention Center," FBI Dallas Field Office Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock said. "We would like to thank all the entities that publicized this case and assisted in our efforts to successfully locate Benjamin Song. "His arrest is the result of our determination to protect not only the community, but also our law enforcement partners that were the targets of a coordinated attack," Rothrock continued. "We have said it before, the FBI will not tolerate acts of violence toward law enforcement and will thoroughly investigate anyone that commits these types of offenses." The FBI previously said it was offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to Song's arrest and conviction. Song, 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, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Fox News Digital last week. The Alvarado police officer was shot in the neck by a suspect in the woods, according to the complaint. Another assailant fired dozens of rounds at unarmed correctional officers who had stepped outside the facility. Song faces three counts of attempted murder of a federal officer and three counts of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Fox News
14-07-2025
- Fox News
Manhunt for ICE facility attack suspect reaches 10 days with reward money on the line
A military veteran wanted in connection with an attack on an ICE detention facility in Texas remained on the run Monday, as the FBI's manhunt stretched into its 10th day. Benjamin Hanil Song, 32, of Dallas, was named as a suspect on Thursday, almost a week after he allegedly joined a group of 10 to 12 others in an organized attack on officers at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4. Ten assailants were apprehended at the time, though Song managed to evade capture, authorities said. "We believe he is somewhere in the Dallas-Fort Worth area but have expanded our publicity efforts to neighboring states just in case," the FBI Dallas Field Office told Fox News Digital on Monday. The FBI noted that it is still offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to Song's arrest and conviction. The bureau previously said Song should be considered armed and dangerous. Song, 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, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Fox News Digital last week. The Alvarado police officer was shot in the neck by a suspect in the woods, according to the complaint. Another assailant fired dozens of rounds at unarmed correctional officers who had stepped outside the facility. Song faces three counts of attempted murder of a federal officer and three counts of discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Yahoo
WANTED: FBI Searching For 12th Suspect In Anti-Enforcement Attack Near Fort Worth
Officials have brought charges against a twelfth suspect in the attack on a Fort Worth-area ICE facility. He is currently wanted by the FBI. Benjamin Hanil Song, a 32-year old from Dallas, allegedly took part in an 'organized attack' against an ICE detention center in Alvarado during Independence Day, according to a release from Nancy Larson, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Assailants in black body armor surrounded the ICE Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado late on July 4, as The Dallas Express previously reported. Gunmen ambushed law enforcement, shooting an Alvarado police officer in the neck and firing at ICE corrections officers. Song — from Dallas — allegedly purchased four guns connected to the shooting, according to the release, including two 'AR-style' rifles found at the scene. He also reportedly bought the rifle found that night in the vehicle of Bradford Morris — another suspect, a male who goes by 'Meagan Morris.' Additionally, Song is said to have purchased the pistol officials found in suspect Joy Gibson's backpack. He is charged with three counts of attempted murder of federal agents and three counts of firing a gun during a violent crime. Officials charged 10 other suspects with the same crimes. When the suspects fled from the ICE facility, police arrested 10 of them, as The Dallas Express reported. But, according to the release, officers did not find Song that night. Song's cell phone location suggested he was within 'several hundred meters' of the facility, starting during the attack and ending after dark the next day. 'I believe that Song was hiding in the woods until dark the day after the shooting before fleeing the area,' an FBI special agent wrote in a criminal complaint obtained by The Dallas Express. A white Mercedes-Benz registered to one of his relatives was later found on Morris' block on July 6. Surveillance footage from DFW International Airport reportedly captured Song driving the vehicle on May 23. The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to Song's arrest. He is Asian, with black hair and brown eyes. He stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 150 lbs. Song is considered 'armed and dangerous,' according to his wanted poster. Anyone with information should call 1-800-CALL-FBI, visit or contact the nearest American embassy or consulate. Song served in the United States Marine Corps Reserves from 2011 to 2016 and received an 'other than honorable discharge,' according to the complaint. On the night of the attack, he traveled to the ICE facility with Morris, according to the complaint. A 'cooperating defendant' said the gunfire during the attack was consistent with a gun Song had purchased. 'The quick action and professionalism of our state and local law enforcement officers in the immediate aftermath of the shooting resulted in the prompt capture of ten of the assailants,' Larson said in the release. 'Though Song escaped the scene by hiding overnight, he will be relentlessly pursued until he is in custody.'
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Rep. McIver: If DOJ convicts me, could signal ‘open season' on anyone who challenges Trump
Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is vowing to fight the Trump DOJ for as long as it takes. After pleading not guilty to charges stemming from that ICE facility incident last month, McIver joins The Weeknight to say Trump 'will not stop her from doing her job.'
Daily Mail
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Newark mayor's brutal four-word response to Alina Habba after his arrest outside ICE facility in New Jersey
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka told Alina Habba to 'get some better information' after the US Attorney for New Jersey claimed he ignored warnings to leave the premises of an ICE facility before he was arrested. Dramatic footage on Friday showed frantic people scrambling outside the gates of the facility, before Baraka was arrested and escorted away by police. After he was released, the mayor and candidate for governor of New Jersey spoke to CNN and responded to Habba saying he 'ignored multiple warnings' by Homeland Security Investigations to leave. When host Kaitlan Collins asked if this was true, Baraka replied: 'Well, absolutely not. I mean, the reality is Alina Habba wasn't there' and told her to 'get some better information. 'She doesn't know what happened. Clearly, that is not the context of what happened. I was there for over an hour in that space, and nobody ever told me to move,' Baraka said. He said he was at the facility for an hour and 'nobody told me to leave that place.' 'Somebody from Homeland Security came in the end and began to escalate the situation, and we wind up being where we are today. And that's, frankly, the extent of it.' Baraka reiterated both that he did nothing illegal and Habba wasn't present for his arrest. has reached out to Habba's office for comment. Baraka was released around 8 p.m. after being accused of trespassing and ignoring warnings to leave the Delaney Hall facility. Stepping out of an SUV with flashing emergency lights, he told waiting supporters: 'The reality is this: I didn't do anything wrong.' The mayor said he could not speak about his case, citing a promise he made to lawyers and the judge. But he voiced full-throated support for everyone living in his community, immigrants included. 'All of us here, every last one of us, I don´t care what background you come from, what nationality, what language you speak,' Baraka said, 'at some point we have to stop these people from causing division between us.' Linda Baraka, the mayor´s wife, accused the federal government of targeting her husband. 'They didn´t arrest anyone else. They didn´t ask anyone else to leave. They wanted to make an example out of the mayor,' she said, adding that she had not been allowed to see him. The mayor was dramatically arrested at an ICE detention facility in New Jersey on Friday. Officers were seen shoving protesters out of the way amid the chaos. Rep LaMonica McIver who was at the facility claimed she and her colleagues were assaulted by ICE officers. Following his detention, Habba said: 'He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.' Governor Phil Murphy said he was 'outraged' by the arrest and called for his 'immediate release'. Baraka was released a few hours following his arrest. The mayor claims the detention center has been illegally housing migrants amid Trump's mass deportation push. The mayor claimed the jail has a contract with the city and cannot be housing migrants inside. Last week he attempted to break in, vowing to turn up daily until he was let in. A spokesperson for the company which operates the facility confirmed to that migrants have been housed at the facility for a week. 'Delaney Hall houses illegal aliens. It is not a family detention facility, nor does it house minors,' a spokesperson told But the building's owners, GEO Group, did not receive permits or a valid certificate of occupancy to house 1,000 migrants a day, The New York Times reported. A GEO Group employee had chained the front gates shut on Monday and fire officials gave them three citations for code violations, the Times said. 'They're keeping us out through the gates and the fences and all this other kind of stuff, but we're going to come down here every day and we're going to get in one way or the other,' Baraka told the Times. 'We want them to follow our rules, follow our laws.' GEO Group accepted a 15-year $1billion contract with ICE in February, agreeing to hold migrants while they wait for deportation. Delaney Hall has previously been used as a jail, halfway house, and migrant detention center and is located near the Newark Airport, making it easy to ship migrants back to their native countries. The building has not been used in over a year and with the renovations on top of it, the City of Newark claimed the occupancy certificate would be invalid, the Times reported. GEO Group spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin, told The Times that Baraka is 'more than welcome to enter the facility as long as he follows security protocols like everyone else.' 'He keeps refusing to do so, presumably in an effort to stage press opportunities to help him in his bid for governor,' the spokesperson said. Another spokesperson, Christopher Ferreira, told the Times Baraka's action was a 'publicity stunt'. He said it was an 'unfortunate example of a politicized campaign by sanctuary city and open-borders politicians in New Jersey to interfere with the federal government's efforts to arrest, detain and deport dangerous criminal illegal aliens in accordance with established federal law.'
