A federal grand jury indicted nine alleged "North Texas antifa cell" operatives on Thursday with offenses ranging from rioting to attempted murder related to the July 4 attack on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Alvarado, the Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Nancy E. Larson announced on Friday.

Seven others were also "charged by information," a formal charging document, outlining alleged crimes and an alternative to an indictment.

July 4 attack at Prairieland ICE detention facility

The night of July 4, several masked individuals dressed in black, some of them armed, arrived at the Prairieland ICE detention facility in Alvarado, vandalizing vehicles and security cameras in the parking lot, according to authorities.

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