Dos hermanos de Virginia presuntamente planeaban matar a agentes de ICE, según Seguridad Nacional. – Chicago Tribune
By JESSICA HILL
Two brothers from Virginia were arrested after a police officer took custody of them while they were discussing their planes to provide assistance to immigration agents, the United States Department of National Security informed the United States.
John Wilson Bennett and Mark Booth Bennett, two Estadounden citizens, were arrested at the end of last week, under suspicion that they were planning to lead them to the attack against agents of the Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE por sus iniciales in english), announced the Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS por sus iniciales in english). French).
DHS began an investigation on November 17 in conjunction with the Virginia Beach Police Department after police in Norfolk, Virginia, reported that the men had apparently discussed their planes while there to “monitor police and ICE officers.”
He was also overheard by Mark Bennett as he decided to travel to Las Vegas to gather others with the goal of purchasing firearms and carrying out the attacks, the DHS statement said.
It was reported that Mark Bennett was arrested on November 19 at Norfolk International Airport, where he was on a trip to Las Vegas. His brother John Bennett, vice principal at Kempsville High School, was later arrested in Virginia Beach.
Ambos was charged with “criminal conspiracy to cause painful injury,” according to court records.
“It is a human being, and much less of those who are dedicated to the education of children, who have planned to embezzle and assist ICE agents – offering specific details as conseguir a high-caliber rifle capable of piercing the anti-balas chalecos of political forces,” said DHS Undersecretary of Public Services, Tricia McLaughlin, in a statement.
At this time, you cannot contact your brothers or your attorneys for comment. During a hearing last week in a Virginia Beach courtroom, his attorneys said it was all rumor and that the men did not represent an action for the community, according to Virginia 13 News Now. Let us add that Mark Bennett was going to Las Vegas to assist a Formula One route when he was arrested at Norfolk airport, according to the community of notoriety.
The brothers have been released and are under permanent supervised home confinement until the sentencing date, according to Virginia 13 News Now.
McLaughlin’s statement outlined what was described as a growing pattern in the number of assaults and killings against immigration officials, including home insurance cases, actions against your relatives, as well as the posting of personal information online.
The arrest comes at a time of growing tension in the country due to migration restrictions.
National security officials have ramped up immigration operations under President Donald Trump’s restrictive migration agenda, which has seen mass arrests and redadas in Democratic-led cities like Chicago and Los Angeles.
The Virginia Beach Police Department confirmed the arrests in a statement and Chief Paul Neudigate said the charges were “incredibly alarming.”
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This story was translated into English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
