Overview
- Jurors found eight defendants guilty of terrorism-related counts, including material support, rioting and explosives offenses, convicted Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada of concealment, and acquitted several on some attempted-murder and firearm charges.
- Benjamin Hanil Song was convicted of attempting to murder Alvarado Police Lt. Thomas Gross and related firearm offenses for the July 4, 2025 Prairieland incident, while others charged with attempted murder were cleared of those counts.
- Prosecutors portrayed the episode as a coordinated ambush by a North Texas antifa cell under Song’s direction, as defense teams argued it was a planned noise demonstration to support detainees.
- The government presented rifles, fireworks and tactical gear seized from defendants, encrypted Signal messages and testimony from cooperating co-defendants who pleaded guilty before trial.
- During deliberations, the court corrected an inadvertent delivery of unadmitted video to jurors before concluding no exposure occurred, and the judge set sentencing for June.