It’s to be jail, and a long time there, for protesters accused by the Department of Justice of having Antifa ties who were involved in a shooting outside a federal immigration detention center in Texas last year.
U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor said the “protest” was more “an assault on democracy.”
And he said there needs to be a deterrent to such behavior.
Benjamin Song, one of eight protesters, was convicted of firing a gun during the events on July 4, 2025, and injuring a police officer, and was ordered to a prison term of 100 years.
A report at Just the News said another defendant, Daniel Sanchez Estrada, was convicted of corruptly concealing a document and conspiracy to conceal documents.
Several others pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorism rather than go to trial, and the sentences ranged from 30 to 70 years.
Breaking exclusive: Benjamin Song, the ringleader of the North Texas Antifa terror cell, was sentenced to 100 years in federal prison today in Fort Worth. The sentencing of 7 other violent co-defendants is ongoing. Turn on notifications.
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Benjamin Song, who shot and wounded a police officer during a July 4th protest at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, was sentenced to 100 years in prison today.
He was convicted of attempted murder back in March after prosecutors proved he opened fire on the… pic.twitter.com/DPew3OQF5d
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A Reuters report said prosecutors characterized the events as domestic terror.
Authorities said militants wearing black tactical gear opened fire on law enforcement as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado.
Two judges had been handling the cases.
The report explained attorneys for the defendants said their clients planned a peaceful protest in support of those detained and they denied any affiliation with Antifa, a decentralized movement that President Trump has designated as domestic terrorists.
Song’s lawyer said the group was a “bunch of kids and young adults who really have a really big heart and really wanted their voice to be heard.”
Others sentenced were Autumn Hill, Zachary Evetts, Savanna Batten, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda and Elizabeth Soto.
