The Chilling Grin Of The UFC Explosive Drone Terror Plot Suspect

One of the alleged ringleaders of the plot to attack the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House over the weekend was seen in his mugshot flashing a creepy smile after his arrest.

The smiling suspect, 31-year-old Omaha resident Abraham Alvarez, allegedly posted his sinister plans to target President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and trillionaire Elon Musk in a Signal chat dubbed “Hunters” where he used the moniker “Shepherd.” Law enforcement arrested Alvarez, who is reportedly not an American citizen, on Sunday at an old church in the town of Western, Nebraska, according to NBC’s Omaha, Nebraska, affiliate WOWT.

“i. Targets confirmed ii. 1. 2. VP 3. N 4. Musk,” he wrote in the chat, according to a criminal complaint.

Neither Musk nor Netanyahu appeared to have attended the event.

The group allegedly planned to carry out the attack by detonating drones rigged with explosives over the event last Sunday before setting off a secondary strike on those evacuating with snipers.

In calling the shots, Alvarez allegedly assigned roles within the group, classifying certain members as “Sniper 1,” “Sniper 2,” “Sniper 3,” and “Drone Operator,” adding that he was “working” on drones “as we speak.”

Alvarez also shared his plans on June 10 for “the best action I see,” instructing members of the group to “position your teams in the purple dots (counter sniper and drones) Long range (circled area) (great shot) Easy out into the river” with a map of the nation’s capital attached, according to the complaint.

“They will try to close down the highways stick to meeting near the 495 bridge. Take the river south, there are back roads, you can also take the river,” he allegedly said in a follow-up message featuring a screenshot of the Potomac River.

He allegedly directed others to take back roads or the river to meet at a “pick up location” and pinpointed sites for drone launches and snipers. He also identified the Thomas Jefferson Memorial as the best escape route.

When other members of the conversation asked Alvarez about a “second wave” attack, he replied that “Several factions and militia have been notified,” according to the complaint.

“They will be the teeth and the Shepherds. I also sent out a mass call to action to all protest groups, that will bring numbers.(working on arming them). They will engage when they see the signal. Told them they know will know when they see it,” he wrote, according to the complaint, adding “at the same time, this day, several other ops are happening all at once. Keeps the enemy distracted while we cut the arteries.”

Alvarez identified an old church in Nebraska as a “fall back location” for the group, according to the complaint.

“They can grow the camp, and make a training ground we have the go ahead from the owner,” he allegedly wrote in the chat, adding, “grow your numbers, I will build your teams.”

“Train them, fall back location is NE in an old church,” he wrote, according to the complaint.

Another alleged attack plotter, 19-year-old Tycen Proper, said he learned of “an anti-government protest in Washington, D.C.,” through a TikTok from the user “Shepherd,” according to the complaint. It is not clear whether that was also Alvarez, who used the nickname in the Signal communications.

Proper also allegedly identified “Shepherd” as “the primary individual involved with planning” and “directly stated that Shepherd was the leader of the group and described him as aggressive in tactical planning.”

Authorities arrested both Alvarez and Proper, along with three others, for their alleged roles in forming the attack plans.

Some members of the group were said to have “expressed ultra-religious and antigovernment sentiments, specifically citing grievances about government corruption, the handling of the Epstein files, data centers taking up all the water in communities, and other government actions.”