Four members of an extremist group were arrested in the Mojave Desert while rehearsing their New Year's Eve attack.
Here’s what went down 👇
Read this if you’re tracking domestic extremism, anti-government plots, or federal counter-terrorism efforts.
📍 What Just Happened
Federal authorities successfully foiled a plot to bomb multiple sites of two U.S. companies on New Year’s Eve in Southern California by arresting four suspects in the Mojave Desert on Friday.
The suspects, who are members of an offshoot of an extremist, anti-capitalist, and anti-government group called the Turtle Island Liberation Front, were arrested while rehearsing their plan.
💥 The Plot and Arrests
The Group: The suspects, Audrey Illeene Carroll (30), Zachary Aaron Page (32), Dante Gaffield (24), and Tina Lai (41, are members of a group that calls for decolonization, tribal sovereignty, and "the working class to rise up and fight back against capitalism."
The Arrest: Officials used aerial surveillance footage showing the suspects moving a large black object in the desert, allowing them to make arrests before the group could assemble a functional explosive device.
The Targets: The plot was designed to bomb multiple sites of two unnamed U.S. companies.
🧠 Why It Matters
The arrests highlight the persistent threat of domestic terrorism stemming from anti-capitalist and anti-government ideologies, which often blend into a specific extremist framework.
The successful interception by federal authorities before the explosive devices were fully assembled shows the importance of preemptive surveillance and intelligence in foiling sophisticated plots.
🧾 The Bottom Line
Four members of the extremist Turtle Island Liberation Front were arrested in California for plotting a New Year's Eve bombing of U.S. company sites, a successful interception that underscores the ongoing threat posed by domestic anti-capitalist and anti-government terrorist groups.