Seven More Members Of Antifa Cell Sentenced In Anti-ICE Ambush

Seven additional members of an Antifa cell were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in last year’s attack on a federal immigration detention facility.

The trial marked the federal government’s first domestic terrorism case against Antifa. During the July 4, 2025, ambush, the anarchists lured Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers out of the Prairieland Detention Center by setting off fireworks outside the north Texas facility before opening fire on them.

Prosecutors said the group possessed flyers reading “FIGHT ICE TERROR WITH CLASS WAR!” and “FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS,” as well as a flag stating, “RESIST FASCISM — FIGHT OLIGARCHY.” They also spray-painted the words “ICE Pig” on a nearby vehicle and “F*ck you pigs” on a guard shack outside the facility.

On Wednesday, Ines Soto was sentenced to 50 years in prison for rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, and using and carrying explosives during a riot, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Joy “Rowan” Gibson and Rebecca Morgan each received 15-year sentences.

Four others connected to the attack, who each pleaded guilty to one count of providing material support to terrorists and later cooperated with prosecutors as witnesses in the case, received sentences ranging from 22 months to six years, the local news outlet reported.

Eight other members of the Antifa group received sentences in late June. Among them was former Marine Corps Reservist Benjamin Hanil Song, who received the maximum sentence of 100 years after shooting Alvarado police Lt. Thomas Gross and evading authorities for 11 days after the ambush.

Roughly 20 to 30 rounds were fired at law enforcement during the attack, according to court documents.

Gross, who was shot in the neck, has since made a full recovery, Alvarado Police Chief Teddy May said.

Prosecutors said that Song led the attack, during which he fired two AR-15-style rifles at three ICE officers. He also recruited his co-conspirators and distributed firearms.

They also said that Song yelled for the group to “get to the rifles” and opened fire before shooting the police officer, KXAN reported.

A sentencing hearing for one additional defendant is scheduled for July 6.

Attorneys representing the defendants in the case have indicated their plans to file appeals, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

During the trial, the defense argued that the defendants planned to hold a peaceful protest and a noise demonstration using fireworks to show solidarity with the detainees being held by ICE.