Ringleader Benjamin Hanil Song received the highest sentence, with US District Judge Mark T Pittman sentencing him to 100 years.
Eight members of a North Texas Antifa cell have been given decades in prison for their roles in an attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in the state in July of 2025.
Sentences handed down to the group of eight militants ranged from 30 years to 100 years. Ringleader Benjamin Hanil Song received the highest sentence, with US District Judge Mark T Pittman sentencing him to 100 years, Andy Ngo reported. Song had been convicted of charges that included attempted murder and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, the most serious charges in the case. Song had shot Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross in the neck during the attack on the facility, which took place on July 4, 2025.
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Pittman also sentenced trans militant Bradford "Meagan" Morris to 50 years in prison, Maricela Rueda to 70 years in prison, and Elizabeth Soto to 50 years in prison.
In another courtroom, Chief US District Judge Reed O’Connor sentenced four other defendants in the case. Cameron Arndold, also known as "Autumn Hill," was sentenced to 50 years in prison, as well as Zachary Evetts and Savanna Batten. Daniel Ronaldo Sanchez-Estrada, a Mexican national, was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Seven co-defendants had pleaded guilty to charges ahead of the trial, while five others agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and testify against the militants. Sixteen convicted defendants and six co-defendants also face charges that include attempted murder, domestic terrorism, and conspiracy in Johnson County.
Prosecutors said that a group of suspects set off fireworks, vandalized vehicles and opened fire on responding officers during the July 4 attack. Video evidence shown at the trial showed the group arriving in black bloc attire, and being equipped with firearms, body armor, medical supplies, and explosive devices.
One of the co-defendants who pleaded guilty before the trial, Lynette Sharp, told jurors that members of the group trained together with firearms, and coordinated through the encrypted messaging app Signal. Evidence shown to the jurors showed members planning the direct action.
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