Three More Alleged Antifa Cell Members Indicted on Terrorism Charges
Three more suspected members of a Texas antifa cell were indicted on state terrorism charges in connection with a July 2025 attack on federal officers outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Alvarado, Texas.
TL;DR
- Three suspected antifa cell members, Melania Lynn Estes, Andrew Tyler Smith, and Steven Thomas Reyna, were indicted on state terrorism charges in Texas.
- The charges are related to a July 2025 attack on federal officers outside an ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, where a police officer was shot.
- The indicted individuals are accused of helping the cell's convicted ringleader, Benjamin Hanil Song, evade arrest after the shooting.
- These new indictments increase the total number of individuals suspected of involvement in the antifa cell to 22.
- Sixteen defendants have been federally convicted, including nine in the first federal antifa terrorism trial.
- A legal defense fund has been established for the suspects, raising nearly $125,000 from anonymous contributors.
- The federal investigation intensified after President Trump designated antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.