Antifa members convicted in Texas ICE attack sentenced to lengthy prison terms

(The Center Square) – An Antifa member was sentenced to 100 years in prison Tuesday following a guilty verdict in a plot to target an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Texas nearly a year ago. Several others also received lengthy prison sentences from the same attack.

Eight individuals were found guilty on terrorism-related charges in March, the first in the nation after President Donald Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization.

Benjamin Song, who was identified as the group’s leader, received the harshest punishment of 100 years in prison. Maricela Rueda was sentenced to 70 years in prison; Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, and Elizabeth Soto received 50-year prison sentences; and Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada received 30 years.

A ninth member, Ines Soto, who was also found guilty, is scheduled to be sentenced July 1.

The group was accused of being a part of the North Texas Antifa Cell....