An illegal alien living in Dallas has been arrested after allegedly posting a message on TikTok that solicited others to murder U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
Eduardo Aguilar, 23, a Mexican national residing in Dallas, was charged by federal complaint with transmitting a threat in interstate or foreign commerce following his alleged October 9 post, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced.
Prosecutors said the post, written in Spanish, stated, “I need 10 dudes in Dallas with determination (guts) who aren’t afraid to [two skull emojis],” followed by, “10K for each ICE agent.” Federal officials allege the skull emojis were used to represent the word “die.”
Aguilar was arrested on October 14 and had a loaded 9mm handgun in his vehicle at the time, an act federal officials said constitutes a felony for an alien in the United States, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) press release said.
Eduardo Aguilar
“Threats against our law enforcement officers are completely unacceptable,” Acting U.S. Attorney Nancy E. Larson said in a statement. “All threats against our agents and officers will be investigated thoroughly, and anyone who threatens or puts a bounty on agents will be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.”
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin claimed that Aguilar had offered “$10,000 cash bounties for the murder of ICE law enforcement.” She added, “Our agents are facing ambushes, terrorist attacks, and death threats, all because they dare to enforce the laws passed by Congress. We will not back down from these threats, and every criminal, terrorist, and illegal alien will face American justice.”
Aguilar entered the United States illegally in 2018 as an unaccompanied minor, DHS said. The agency presser further alleged that an immigration judge issued him a final order of removal in 2019 and that he has a prior record involving liquor law violations.
He made his initial court appearance on October 15 before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Dallas, who ordered him detained in federal custody. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
A criminal complaint is an allegation, and Aguilar is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Dallas office led the investigation with assistance from the Dallas Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Federal Protective Service, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, the Garland Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
Growing Tension Around ICE Facilities
The arrest comes amid a wave of violence and threats directed at ICE and Border Patrol facilities in Texas this year.
On October 21, authorities in Carrollton arrested Janette Goering, the 18th suspect charged in connection with a July 4 attack on the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado. The Dallas Express reported that masked individuals armed with weapons damaged vehicles and security equipment before shooting an Alvarado police officer in the neck.
Federal prosecutors charged two North Texans, Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts, on October 16 for allegedly orchestrating that attack as part of what they described as an Antifa cell. They were indicted for providing material support to terrorists and attempting to murder U.S. officers, according to court records.
FBI Director Kash Patel called the Alvarado assault a “planned and coordinated terrorist attack,” saying more than 20 arrests had been made, in another DX report.
Broader National Pattern
Similar incidents have occurred outside Texas. In August, authorities in Maine arrested Olivia “Stevie” Wilkins, who allegedly attempted to run over a Border Patrol captain and a state trooper during a roadside stop involving suspected illegal aliens, as DX previously reported.
Federal investigators have also pursued cases in Vermont and other states involving alleged attacks by individuals reportedly motivated by extremist ideologies targeting immigration or law enforcement personnel.
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