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JUST IN: Foiled L.A. Attack Raises Alarms Over Additional Targets
Federal prosecutors say a group of far-left extremists plotted to bomb U.S. businesses on New Year’s Eve and then turn their sights on federal immigration agents in a follow-up wave of attacks.
According to a criminal complaint, four members of a cell calling itself the Order of the Black Lotus planned to plant pipe bombs at two American companies in Los Angeles as part of a scheme dubbed “Operation Midnight Sun.” The group is described as a splinter faction of the anti-capitalist Turtle Island Liberation Front.
After the initial bombings, the suspects allegedly planned to target ICE agents and their vehicles beginning in January or February 2026, hoping the explosions “would take some of them out and scare the rest of them,” prosecutors said.
Investigators said the New Year’s Eve plot involved backpacks packed with explosive devices, outlined in a handwritten plan recovered during the investigation.
The four suspects arrested were Audrey Carroll, 30, who used the aliases “Asiginaak” and “black moon”; Zachary Page, 32, who went by “Ash Kerrigan,” “AK” and “cthulu’s daughter”; Dante Garfield, 24, also known as “Cedar” or “Nomad”; and Tina Lai, 41, whose alias was “Kickwhere.”
Search warrants turned up propaganda and signage bearing slogans including “Death to America,” “Death to ICE” and “Long live Turtle Island and Palestine,” authorities said.
The FBI has announced the arrest of four far-left radical extremists who were plotting a New Year’s Day terror plot.
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Federal officials announced the arrests Monday, releasing images of alleged evidence that included PVC pipe components, burners and materials consistent with homemade explosive devices.
The suspects were taken into custody in Lucerne Valley in the Mojave Desert, where they were captured on video attempting to detonate improvised explosive devices, Los Angeles First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli told reporters.
All four were charged with conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device.
Authorities also said a fifth individual linked to the same extremist network was arrested in New Orleans while allegedly planning a separate attack.
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