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A plot to attack the UFC cage-fighting show at the White House on Sunday, June 14, using explosive-laden drones and firearms was thwarted, federal law enforcement officials say, when they arrested five men, including two who live in the Inland Empire.<\/p>\n

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The alleged conspirators harbored anti-government sentiments and spoke about fringe conspiracy theories, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday in announcing charges.<\/p>\n

Investigators recovered firearms from several of the suspects as they were arrested over the weekend and obtained encrypted text messages between roughly 20 participants who shared detailed maps and aerial photographs of the area and discussed the need for a \u201csafe house\u201d and escape routes after the intended attack, the documents show.<\/p>\n

Several suspects who were questioned by the authorities said they did not intend to carry out violence themselves but planned to instead watch others. One \u2014 Bryan Omar Roa, 24, of Calimesa \u2014 told an investigator that he would have traveled to the UFC event as a protester but had to return home after his vehicle malfunctioned.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement officials learned about the possible threat on June 10, four days before\u00a0the mixed martial arts extravaganza\u00a0on the White House\u2019s South Lawn, \u201cand thanks to the rapid action of the FBI, our partners, and the Department of Justice in a multi-state operation, multiple individuals are now in custody and allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold,\u201d Director Kash Patel said in a post on X on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Michael Alan Thomas, 32, of Pinon Hills; Tycen C. Proper, 19, of Danville, Ohio; Daniel K. Eskridge, 32, of Kidder, Missouri; Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, 31, of Omaha, Nebraska; and Roa were charged with conspiracy to commit murder, according to the DOJ news release.<\/p>\n

The charging depicted the views of the suspects as a tangled web of anti-government sentiment, antisemitic grievances, fury over President Donald Trump administration\u2019s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and conspiracy theories about a powerful elite that sacrifices and consumes children.<\/p>\n

Among those arrested was Proper, whose mother contacted local law enforcement last week with concerns about his firearms purchases and online communications, according to an FBI affidavit filed in the case.<\/p>\n

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Proper admitted in an interview with law enforcement that he participated in the planning of an attack, according to the affidavit, which says some members of the group began communicating with each other last March through a TikTok group called \u201cVanguard of the Old.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Proper provided investigators with social media screen names of the suspects. Authorities said they traced two of those names to Roa and Thomas.<\/p>\n

According to the complaint filed in the Central District of California, law enforcement searched Roa\u2019s residence and vehicle, seizing a rifle, handgun, tactical belt, ammunition and a rifle magazine, a two-way radio, and an infrared laser target pointer.<\/p>\n

They found messages on Roa\u2019s phone in which he discussed plans for an attack with Thomas, Proper and others that included the drones and rooftop snipers who would shoot people as they fled. Law enforcement also allegedly found Instagram videos Roa had posted of himself shooting guns.<\/p>\n

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The same criminal complaint said Thomas, in a group chat, wrote, \u201c$1300 gets us the drones and the charges. Yes we should all pitch in and we need it asap\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

In another group chat, Thomas allegedly described \u201ctiers\u201d of operators within their anti-government group, with tier 1 being operators on the ground, tier 2 being drivers and drone operators, tier 3 being logistical suppliers, and tier 4 being social media influencers.<\/p>\n

\u201cTier one status is not something to take lightly. \u2026 We will make sure they have\u2026All the tier 2 support we can provide. We will try to break them out of jail if we need to,\u201d Thomas is alleged to have written. He also discussed meeting with Roa in person in Pinon Hills to conduct \u201cmarksmen training\u201d and reflected that the group needed to train for \u201cgorilla (sic) style warfare.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday, FBI agents allegedly seized from Thomas\u2019 residence a rifle, 30-round extended magazines for the rifle, 180 rounds of ammunition and a pistol, the complaint said.<\/p>\n

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Bryan Omar Roa, 24, of Calimesa, and Michael Alan Thomas, 32, of Pinon Hills, are named in the federal complaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n2 Inland Empire men among those accused of plotting to attack UFC matches at White House - Silicon Valley Moving Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=15584\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2 Inland Empire men among those accused of plotting to attack UFC matches at White House - 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