Federal law enforcement officials said Monday that four members of a far-left anti-government group have been arrested and face charges for allegedly planning a series of bomb attacks across Southern California on New Year’s Eve.

Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X that the Justice Department and FBI “prevented what would have been a massive and horrific terror plot in the Central District of California,” which encompasses Los Angeles and Orange County.

FBI Director Kash Patel said that the four people who face charges were members of a group known as the Turtle Island Liberation Front. Bondi described the Turtle Island Liberation Front as a “far-left, pro-Palestine, anti-government, and anti-capitalist group.”

Bill Essayli, who leads the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, said at a press conference that the four individuals were arrested Friday in San Bernardino County, where they gathered to construct and detonate test explosive devices in the Mojave Desert. He said the suspects allegedly crafted a “detailed, coordinated plot” to bomb two U.S. companies on New Year’s Eve, with the devices simultaneously exploding at midnight. {snip}

“This case is another reminder about the dangers that radicalized antifa-like groups pose to people, public safety and the rule of law,” he said.

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All four of the defendants are from the Los Angeles-area and have been charged with conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device. Additional charges could be filed in the coming weeks, according to Essayli. He described the suspects as “radical, anti-government members” of the Turtle Island Liberation Front.

The Turtle Island Liberation Front describes itself on Facebook as a political organization that seeks “liberation of occupied Turtle Island and liberation of all colonized people across the world.” Turtle Island is the name used by some Indigenous peoples for North America.

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An Instagram account for the group’s Los Angeles chapter says it advocates for “liberation through decolonization and tribal sovereignty.” {snip}

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