Former Marine accused in ICE ambush linked to far-left training group: reports

Nearly a dozen people were arrested following an armed July ambush at a Texas ICE facility with certain individuals tied to a shadowy anti-fascist group and others linked to transgender activists according to administration Certain of those arrested were linked to training sessions Benjamin Song a former Marine Reservist who was also charged with terrorism in the circumstance outside the Prairieland Detention Center south of Fort Worth according to the Washington Post Song was arrested several days after the circumstance in which several people converged on the facility and vandalized cars in which several defense attorneys described the Post was initially intended as a protest until gunfire erupted On July a SWAT gang raided a home in the historically-Black The Bottoms neighborhood in Dallas and took at least one person into custody FBI CAPTURES FORMER MARINE CORPS RESERVIST ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AT ICE OFFICERS AT TEXAS DETENTION CENTERA cache of weapons was located in the dwelling which the Post announced was home to transgender people who were part of a group of activists united around trans and queer identity issues A neighbor offered an incredulous response to the paper when demanded about the group moving into the population Meanwhile Song spoke to the paper from jail where he is being held on charges including attempted murder of federal agents and discharging a firearm in relation to a crime of violence according to the New York Post Song also allegedly purchased several of the firearms connected to the ambush the paper released FEDERAL FUNCTIONARIES CHARGE PAIR WHO ALLEGEDLY HELPED ICE FACILITY ATTACKER ESCAPE AFTER SHOOTINGSong s mother who is reportedly politically conservative runs a martial arts studio where the -year-old would hold training sessions in firearms and other means of combat for young leftists He narrated the Washington Post that he too grew up listening to conservative talk radio and joined the military but became disillusioned with the right after Republicans including President Donald Trump spoke ill of China including its contract imbalance with the U S By the time he began attending college in Austin he had sour ed on free-market capitalism and began communicating with online leftist activist groups on various encrypted chat applications before eventually moving on to holding the trainings Specific participants in Song s trainings were transgender people who were eager to learn the hand-to-hand combat and gun-handling skills displayed by right-wing groups during the nationwide unrest in the Washington Post broadcasted Originally those in Song s group were focused on social justice endeavors but in recent weeks turned their attention toward ICE s immigration enforcement operations according to the reports CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP They were scared And Ben was offering them a explanation for their fear a former trainee who left the sessions over safety concerns notified the Washington Post In a message after functionaries made several arrests FBI Dallas Field Office Special Agent in Charge R Joseph Rothrock noted the bureau worked tirelessly to arrest everyone associated with the shooting at the Prairieland Detention Center We have reported 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 declared it was offering a reward for information leading to Song s arrest and conviction Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner contributed to this description