[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A police ambush, like one in Dallas that left five cops dead, has been stopped before it could happen, the FBI announced in Texas Monday.
'FBI Corpus Christi and local partners have thwarted another mass casualty attack,' the federal agency revealed in a tweet.
'FBI Corpus and @CorpusChristiPD arrested Seth aka Andrea Gregori
…another murderous trans nutter?
today on state charges filed by @NuecesCoDA after he planned an attack on police similar to the 2016 Dallas ambush.'
Investigators in the Lone Star State have not revealed specific details on the planned attack.
what follows is a description of the 2016 attack == nothing to do with Seth/Andea:
The July 7, 2016 ambush in Dallas started off with a march for 'Black Lives Matters,' where an estimated 800 demonstrators filled the streets of downtown as they protested the deaths of two black men killed by cops in Louisiana and Minnesota. About 100 officers escorted protestors through downtown to keep cars away from them and for overall safety.
A discharged Army vet, Micah Johnson, living in the Dallas area saw the protest as 'an opportunity' to attack police officers. Johnson was later revealed to have ties to black nationalist groups, and his Facebook profile photo showed him posing with a black power salute.
'The suspect said he was upset at white people. The suspect said he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers,' Dallas Police Chief David Brown said.
Four officer with the Dallas Police Department officers were gunned down as well as Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer. Nine other cops and two civilians were also wounded.
KKIIItv has more, as well as a photo of the young man:
The 21-year-old is accused of threatening to carry out an ambush-style attack against CCPD officers similar to the one in Dallas in 2016.
A probable cause statement released Tuesday says a Corpus Christi Police Department officer made contact with Seth "Andrea" Gregori on Monday near 600 Elizabeth Street prior to his arrest.
"Andrea showed to have an active warrant out of Nueces County. The warrant was for terroristic threat on a public servant." The warrant, issued on Feb. 10, carried a bond of $50,000.
The statement, which refers to Gregori throughout it as Andrea, rather than Seth, states that bodycam and in-car cameras were used in some capacity during the arrest.
Seth, or "Andrea" Gregori was arrested Monday for terroristic threats impeding public service/causing public fear or serious bodily injury and criminal trespass and was being held in the Nueces County Jail early Tuesday morning.
He was booked into the jail at 8:25 p.m. Monday and is being held on a total bond of $50,500.
Both charges are misdemeanors.
The CCPD and FBI list Gregori as a man, but the Nueces County Jail lists Gregori as female in the jail's booking information.
Corpus Christi Police Department officers and the Houston branch office of the FBI arrested Gregori Monday, accusing Gregori of planning a mass-casualty attack, according to a social-media post from the FBI Houston official X account and a CCPDBlotter.com post.
Seth "Andrea" Gregori was taken into custody after the FBI Houston was made aware of "terroristic threats" against the department, the CCPD post states. FBI Houston investigated the threats and issued an arrest warrant for Gregori.
In a social-media post Monday, FBI-Houston accused the 21-year-old of planning an attack on police similar to the 2016 attack on officers in Dallas.
Officials at the Torkham crossing have stated that the border remains closed for the third consecutive day, with no movement allowed in either direction.https://t.co/bUgH0VLm5Z
[IsraelTimes] Moroccan authorities say they arrested a dozen people this month allegedly planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel, a region south of the Sahara Desert.
The discovery of the terrorist cell and what authorities called an “imminent dangerous terrorist plot” reflect the expanding ambitions of extremist groups in the region.
Authorities do not provide details of the suspects’ motives or their plot, beyond saying they planned to set off bombs remotely. They release photographs and videos showing officers raiding terrorist cells throughout the country.
The images show weapons stockpiles found during police raids, Islamic State flags drawn on walls, and thousands of dollars of cash.
The revelation of the plot comes days after Morocco hosted Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev for a traffic safety conference. Regev cut her visit short last week after bombs exploded on empty buses near Tel Aviv Thursday.
“Morocco remains a major target in the agenda of all terrorist organizations operating in the Sahel,” Habboub Cherkaoui, the head of Morocco’s Central Bureau of Judicial Investigations, says at a news conference.
Authorities say the Morocco-based cell called itself “the Lions of the Caliphate in the Maghreb”
Golly. I’m impressed…
and took direction from Islamic State in the Sahel commanders.
The weapons found include materials to make explosives including nail bombs, dynamite and gas cylinders as well as knives, rifles and handguns whose serial numbers had been filed off.
Investigators say the 12 men arrested ranged from 18 to 40 years old and were apprehended in nine different cities, including Casablanca, Fez and Tangier. The majority were unmarried and had not finished high school. They have not yet been charged under Morocco’s anti-terrorism laws.
Based on materials gathered in raids last week, authorities were able to locate a cache of weapons in the desert near Morocco’s border with Algeria, including firearms and ammunition wrapped in newspapers printed in Mali in late January.
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I wish Rantburg headlines would start with the country (particularly for places not commonly/immediately recognized in the west) E.g. "Nigeria: 7 killed, 6 injured as cocoa" etc.
[Townhall] The ringleader of an international illegal-alien smuggling conspiracy, a sophisticated network operating along the United States southern border since at least 2018, was extradited from Mexico to the U.S. as the result of a multi-agency investigation.
"Extensive coordination and cooperation" efforts between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement authorities culminated in the extradition of Raul Saucedo-Huipio, 49, according to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) blurb.
Saucedo-Huipio allegedly collected fees, coordinated lodging, and worked with smugglers in Central America to transport thousands of illegal aliens across America's southern border.
His co-conspirator, Ofelia Hernandez-Salas, a 62-year-old Mexican national, was extradited in 2023 and pleaded guilty on December 18, 2024, to conspiracy to bring an alien to the United States and three substantive counts of bringing an alien to the U.S. for commercial benefit or private financial gain. She is scheduled to be sentenced on March 10 and faces a maximum punishment of 15 years in prison.
According to court documents, they smuggled large numbers of illegal aliens into the United States from and through Bangladesh, Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , Pakistain, Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... , India, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Russia, Egypt, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.
They based their operations in Mexicali on the United States-Mexico border. Saucedo-Huipio and Hernandez-Salas allegedly charged the illegal aliens as much as tens of thousands of dollars (from $10,000 to $70,000) for the smuggling services. They were then directed to illegally cross the southern border into the United States and accordingly given a ladder to climb over the border fence. Saucedo-Huipio and his co-conspirators, while armed with guns and knives, also allegedly robbed them of their money and personal belongings.
Previously, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on this Mexico-based transnational criminal organization headed by Hernandez-Salas, Saucedo-Huipio, and others.
On March 2, 2023, Saucedo-Huipio was arrested in Mexico, pursuant to a U.S. extradition request. Mexico surrendered Saucedo-Huipio to U.S. custody on February 21 to face federal charges filed in Arizona district court.
In a press statement, the DOJ thanked their Mexican law enforcement partners, who were "instrumental in arresting Saucedo-Huipio," as well as the Mexican Attorney General's Office and the Mexican Foreign Ministry "for making the extradition possible."
The indictments against Saucedo-Huipio and Hernandez-Salas were coordinated through Joint Task Force Alpha (JTFA), which was created in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to strengthen the DOJ's efforts to combat the rise in Central American smuggling operations. JTFA's goal is to disrupt and dismantle human smuggling and trafficking networks operating in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, with a focus on networks that endanger, abuse, or exploit illegal; pose national security risks; or engage in other types of transnational organized crime. In June 2024, the initiative expanded to Colombia and Panama to combat human smuggling in the Darién Gap.
To date, JTFA's work has resulted in over 355 domestic and international arrests of leaders, organizers, and controllers of human smuggling; more than 300 U.S. convictions; over 245 jail sentences imposed; and forfeitures of assets.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Officers of the UFSB of Russia for Kabardino-Balkaria
…a Russian republic in the North Caucasus. About 70% of the population is Moslem…
detained a 49-year-old resident of the village of Chegem Vtoroy, who is suspected of transferring almost 2 million rubles to terrorists abroad. This was reported by the department.
“According to available information, he transferred funds totaling over 1.9 million rubles
…at roughly a penny to a ruble, that’s about US$21,660…
in order to finance members of international terrorist structures hiding from law enforcement agencies outside the Russian Federation,” the statement said.
A criminal case has been opened against the detainee under Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Assistance to terrorist activity"). If his guilt is proven, he may be sentenced to imprisonment for up to 15 years.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in September 2024, FSB officers detained a man with radical religious views in Moscow. The investigation established that he transferred money to a person who had already been charged with assisting a terrorist organization. A criminal case was opened against the detainee under Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Assistance to terrorist activity").
It’s finally happening!! “State and Federal law enforcement are targeting Colony Ridge”
- Colony Ridge is a 60 SQUARE MILE CITY of illegal aliens in the middle of Texas - Roughly the size of Washington DC - Colony Ridge is home to more than 75,000 illegals
… once named a safe haven for immigrants now being targeted by state and federal law enforcement.”
“Colony Ridge is now being targeted by an operation including DPS troopers, special agents, and Homeland Security.”
Why was this place ever allowed to exist in the first place??
According to the Rantburg archives, Colony Ridge became a recruiting hotbed for MS-13, the 18th Street gang, and other ultra-violent syndicates. So ICE arrest numbers will go up rapidly there. Win-win!
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Colony Ridge is a collection of subdivisions in unincorporated Liberty County, Texas, United States. It is approximately 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Downtown Houston.[1]
[IsraelTimes] Two Palestinian suspects were detained overnight for allegedly attacking and wounding two Israelis in the central West Bank on Saturday, the military says.
The suspects were arrested in the village of Dayr Dibwan, just outside Ramallah, close to where the incident took place.
According to the army, Palestinians armed with batons, a knife, and stones attacked two Israelis, lightly wounding them. Other reports described the incident as clashes between settlers and Palestinians, saying three Palestinians were also injured and that settlers set fire later to several buildings in a Bedouin village near Jaba, an adjacent town.
The two Palestinian suspects were handed over to the Israel Police and Shin Bet for questioning.
Separately, the IDF says it detained eight wanted Palestinians during overnight raids in Jenin and Qaffin overnight.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says it foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs into Israel from Egypt earlier today, using a drone.
The drone was identified crossing the border from Egypt into Israel, and troops of the Bardelas Battalion operating in the area captured it
The soldiers found that the drone was ferrying two kilograms (nearly 4.5 pounds) of marijuana, according to the IDF.
In recent months, there have been frequent attempts to bring weapons and drugs over the Egypt border using drones. There have also been attempts to smuggle similar contraband from Israel into Gaza using drones.
[IsraelTimes] The Hamas-run civil defense agency says two Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli drone strike near a school in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of southern Gaza’s Rafah a short while ago.
Their conditions are not immediately known, and the IDF has not yet commented.
[IsraelTimes] Two suspects who allegedly slipped across the border from Jordan were detained by Israeli forces following a search, the army says.
The two suspects, who were detained near the border, “were turned over to be dealt with [by] security forces,” the Israel Defense Force says in a statement.
The army said shortly after midnight that it had launched a manhunt in the Dead Sea area after footsteps were found on the border with Jordan.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says it has carried out dozens of “targeted raids” in southern Syria in recent weeks, during which troops captured weapons “which posed a threat to the security of the State of Israel and our forces.”
In one raid last week, the military says soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade located a cache of rifles, ammunition, and other military equipment left behind by the former Assad regime.
The IDF has described its presence in southern Syria’s buffer zone as a temporary and defensive measure, though Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that troops will remain deployed to nine army posts in the area “indefinitely.”
[IsraelTimes] Hezbollah has issued internal directives for its operatives who do not live south of the Litani River to vacate the area to allow the Lebanese Armed Forces to assume control over the border region as demanded by the ceasefire with Israel, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing a source close to Hezbollah.
Some Hezbollah units have been totally dismantled after the Israeli campaign in Lebanon, says the source, but others were reconstituted by bringing fighters back from Syria following the fall of deposed president Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The report cites another source who indicates that the Iran-backed terrorist group has lost some 5,000 operatives fighting against Israel since October 7, 2023.
Israeli troops completed their withdrawal from southern Lebanese villages on February 18, but remained deployed in five strategic positions.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
