{"id":619983,"date":"2026-06-16T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=619983"},"modified":"2026-06-16T23:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T23:15:00","slug":"15-tied-to-antifa-charged-with-violently-interfering-with-ice-operations-in-minnesota-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=619983","title":{"rendered":"15 Tied To Antifa Charged With Violently Interfering With ICE Operations In Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

15 Tied To Antifa Charged With Violently Interfering With ICE Operations In Minnesota<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Fifteen suspects are accused of conspiring with two Minneapolis-based Antifa groups to violently interfere with federal immigration enforcement, authorities announced on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Daniel Rosen, who heads the U.S. attorney\u2019s office for Minnesota, told reporters at his Minneapolis headquarters on June 16 that agents arrested 12 of the 15 suspects; one was already in custody for other offenses.<\/p>\n

Two defendants remain at large. Rosen said both are aware that federal agents are seeking them in connection with an indictment that was unsealed just before the news conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect they will surrender peacefully,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>he said.<\/p>\n

The 15 suspects\u2014all from Minnesota\u2014are charged with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, interstate threats, interstate stalking, assault on a federal officer, and destruction of government property.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese defendants have been charged not for what they said, but for what they did. They all joined an agreement, a conspiracy to interfere with lawful immigration enforcement operations,\u201d Rosen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conspiracy was not to interfere by their voice, but to do it by force. That\u2019s a crime, and it will not be tolerated in the United States.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

A group called \u201cDirect Action Minnesota\u201d is tied to many of the allegations, Rosen said, while another group, Black Cat Workers Collective, is connected to other allegations<\/p>\n

The new cases are part of a \u201cbroad federal effort to address organized lawless behavior,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael McCarthy, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations, said the announcement followed \u201ca thorough and months-long investigation into a deeply concerning trend\u2014coordinated violence targeting federal law enforcement officers and facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a clear line that cannot be crossed\u201d between peaceful protesting and violence, he said, adding, \u201csome groups have crossed that line.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that many of the violent actions opposed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.<\/p>\n

The new charges were filed months after President Donald Trump\u2019s administration announced<\/u><\/a> that it was probing Antifa groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After some reporters questioned whether the new Antifa-related cases would hold up in court, given that a number of other cases involving anti-ICE activists have been dismissed, Rosen replied: \u201cYou watch how this case plays out; you watch how this evidence plays out, and the evidence will prove it all out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antifa, short for \u201cantifascist,\u201d is a far-left extremist group that originated under the Soviet Union and functioned as the violent wing of Germany\u2019s Communist Party to target political rivals. Antifa adherents<\/a> label their enemies as \u201cfascists\u201d and often say they will use \u201cany means necessary\u201d to stop people from spreading messages they oppose.<\/p>\n

Trump had issued a directive<\/u><\/a> to disrupt and dismantle Antifa, which he designated a \u201cdomestic terrorist organization\u201d in September 2025. <\/strong>The following month, Trump held a roundtable discussion with journalists and commentators who alleged that Antifa targeted them with threats or violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Minnesota became a hotbed of resistance against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), sometimes involving Antifa, after federal agencies ramped up immigration enforcement in that state. That happened partly in response<\/u><\/a> to accusations that networks of immigrants were defrauding government programs on a large scale.<\/p>\n

In two separate January incidents<\/u><\/a>, ICE opponents Renee Good and Alex Pretti were fatally shot by federal agents during protests, but there was no reported Antifa connection to either of those shootings. Rosen said investigations into both shootings are ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 06\/16\/2026 – 19:15<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

15 Tied To Antifa Charged With Violently Interfering With ICE Operations In Minnesota Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, Fifteen suspects are accused of conspiring with two Minneapolis-based Antifa groups to violently interfere with federal immigration enforcement, authorities announced on Tuesday.\u00a0 Daniel Rosen, who heads the U.S. attorney\u2019s office for Minnesota, told reporters… Continue reading 15 Tied To Antifa Charged With Violently Interfering With ICE Operations In Minnesota<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":619980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=619983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/619980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=619983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=619983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=619983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}