"Announcing the arrests on Monday, US Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation had disrupted a massive and horrific terror plot being prepared by the Turtle Island Liberation Front. list of 2 itemsend of list The Turtle Island Liberation Front a far-left, pro-Palestine, anti-government, and anti-capitalist group was preparing to conduct a series of bombings against multiple targets in California beginning on New Year's Eve, Bondi said in a statement. She was careful to note that among the group's planned targets were Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and their vehicles."
"The suspects, who are all from the Los Angeles area, were arrested on Friday in the Mojave Desert as they were working on the plot, First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli told a news conference. Officials showed reporters' surveillance footage of the suspects in the desert moving a large black object to a table. The group was arrested before they had the opportunity to build a functional bomb, the officials said."
Federal authorities arrested four members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front in the Los Angeles area on charges of conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device. The group planned a series of bombings in California beginning on New Year's Eve that targeted Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and vehicles, Amazon-type logistics centers, and other sites. Backpacks filled with improvised explosive devices were to be left at logistics centers and detonated simultaneously at midnight. The suspects were apprehended in the Mojave Desert while working on the plot after surveillance captured them moving a large black object to a table. Named suspects include Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30; Zachary Aaron Page, 32; Dante Gaffield, 24; and Tina Lai, 41, and additional charges are expected. The arrests occurred before the group built a functional bomb.
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