The FBI foiled a bomb attempt against multiple targetsincluding immigration agents and vehicles, in Los Angeles and Orange County, the attorney general said Monday Pam Bondi in your X account.
“The Department of Justice, working with our FBI, prevented what would have been a massive terrorist plot and horrible in the Central District of California (Orange County and Los Angeles),” Bondi said.
He clarified that it is the Tortuga Island Liberation Front, a far-left pro-Palestinian groupanti-government and anti-capitalist, who was preparing to carry out a series of bombings against multiple targets in California starting on New Year’s Eve.
According to the Attorney General of the North American country, the aforementioned group “also planned attack immigration officers and vehicles and customs enforcement (ICE).
Likewise, he maintained that his mandate would continue “chase away these terrorist groups and bring them to justice” and praised “an incredible effort” by prosecutors and the FBI “to ensure that Americans can live in peace.”
After an intense investigation, the Department of Justice, in collaboration with our @FBIprevented what would have been a massive and horrific terrorist plot in the Central District of California (Orange County and Los Angeles).
The Turtle Island Liberation Front, a far-left party,…
– Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) December 15, 2025
“Operation Midnight Sun”
Four people have been charged with conspiracy and possession of a destructive device unregistered, according to the complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
The director of the FBI announced this Monday that the four defendants were arrested during the weekend. Just as he reported that a fifth individualwho was planning a separate attack, was also arrested by the FBI in New Orleans.
The bombing plan consisted of placing explosive devices in five locations with the aim of attack two American companies at midnight the day before New Year in the Los Angeles area, he said.
The case is coming soon after Bondi issues memorandum to police officers and prosecutors, ordering them to step up investigations into “extremist” groups with left-wing agendas.
The four defendants named in the complaint are Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30, Zachary Aaron Page, 32, Dante Gaffield, 24, and Tina Lai, 41.
According to an affidavit supporting the complaint, Carroll submitted an eight-page handwritten document to a paid confidential source in November titled “Operation Midnight Sun”which described a plot to plant a bomb.
Later, Carroll and Page would They recruited the other two accused to help carry out the plan, which included “acquiring bomb-making materials and traveling to a remote location in the Mojave Desert to construct and detonate test explosive devices on December 12, 2025,” according to the affidavit.
However, FBI agents intervened before they could complete their work of gathering a functional explosive device.
He Turtle Island Liberation Front describes itself on its social media page as a group dedicated to “liberation through decolonization and tribal sovereignty“, according to the complaint, which alleges that the group is “an anti-capitalist and anti-government movement.”
The complaint says all four defendants were part of a Signal chat group called “Order of the Black Lotus,” which one of them called “radical.”
In addition to allegedly plotting to plant bombs on New Year’s Eve, the group also discussed attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and vehicles with firearms. homemade bombs in January or Februaryaccording to the complaint, and Carroll was quoted as saying, “It would discourage some and frighten others.”
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