Six of the 15 defendants were arraigned in connection with the July 4 shooting of an Alvarado police officer.

Six women charged in connection with the shooting at the ICE Prairieland Detention Center on July 4 made their first appearances before a federal judge on Monday.

They face charges ranging from attempted murder of federal agents to hindering the prosecution of terrorism.

“I’m pretty sure the only reason that I wasn’t there that night was because I was moving,” James Barker-Murphey, a friend of some of the defendants, said.

Barker-Murphey says the group planned a protest that night, not an ambush.

“They were there to show solidarity with the people who were being kidnapped off the streets by ICE, they’re being called terrorists,” Barker-Murphey said.

According to a criminal co

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