FBI INVESTIGATING ANTIFA FOR
PLOTTING TO BUY GUNS FROM CARTEL FOR ‘ARMED REBELLION’, 4/29/19,
By Rachel Stoltzfoos, Staff Reporter, Daily Caller.
The FBI is investigating anti-fascist
activists for an alleged plot to buy guns from a Mexican cartel in order to
“stage an armed rebellion” at the southern border, according to an unclassified
document obtained by The Chicago Tribune.
The FBI document, from December of 2018,
warns of militant antifa activists planning to “disrupt security operations” at
the U.S.-Mexico border. The group allegedly planned to buy guns from a Mexican cartel associate
known as Cobra Commander, in order to “stage an armed rebellion at the border.”
The source who provided it to the San
Diego Tribune asked the outlet not to publish the six-page document because the
investigation is ongoing, and the outlet cited two additional law enforcement
officials who confirmed the news. The FBI has warned dozens of law enforcement
agencies in both Mexico and the United States of the alleged plot.
Two of the men named in the report told
the San Diego Tribune the allegations are absurd. “It doesn’t make any sense
that someone from the United States would purchase guns in Mexico,” Ivan
Reibeling, the man known as Cobra Commander, told the outlet. “And the
Hondurans certainly didn’t bring money to buy guns. It doesn’t make any sense;
in fact it’s extremely absurd to say the Hondurans wanted to attack the United
States at the border.
The FBI sent the report marked
“priority” to agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection, the CIA and the National Security Administration.
Antifa is known for using violent means,
including in protests against peaceful conservative speakers, free speech advocates and even journalists. The well-documented instances of
violence include a protester repeatedly punching a man in the face, throwing water bottles and launching fireworks at police officers and starting fires on
a college campus with Molotov cocktails.
The Daily Caller News Foundation’s
reporting led to the arrest of an Antifa leader who stands accused of accosting and assaulting two Marines
in Philadelphia. (RELATED: Five Times The
Establishment Media Excused Antifa Violence)
Former Vice President Joe Biden launched
his campaign for president by praising the group. He referred to a group of
protesters who gathered in
Charlottesville, VA, and violently confronted white nationalists “a courageous
group of Americans.”
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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