The Turtle Island Liberation Front

1) From a 12-15-25 ABC7.com report entitled "4 Charged with Plotting New Year's Eve Attacks in Southern California, Prosecutors Say":

Audrey Carroll, Zachary Page, Dante Gaffield and Tina Lai, all described as members of the anti-capitalist and anti-government group known as the "Turtle Island Liberation Front," face charges of conspiracy and possession of an unregistered destructive device in connection with the alleged plot.

They were taken into custody last week in Lucerne Valley, near the desert city of Twentynine Palms, California, home to a Marine Corps base. 

 

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2) From Erin Lowrey's 12-18-25 WDSU.com report entitled "Border Patrol Attack Revealed in Messages Sent by Person Arrested in Louisiana, Records Show":

 

A person arrested in Louisiana who was tied to a terrorist group behind a thwarted New Year's Eve bombing attack had plans to attack Border Patrol agents in New Orleans, according to new court documents.

The person arrested by the FBI New Orleans Office in New Iberia was identified as Micah James Legnon.

Legnon, who is a former Marine with military combat experience, went by the alias "Black Witch" in a group chat with four others connected with the failed bombing attack planned for businesses across California.

According to the court documents, Legnon was a member of the terror group called The Turtle Island Liberation Front. Legnon was also part of a more extreme group within that organization called The Black Lotus.

Legnon indicated in a social media post that they "wanted to recreate Waco" on Border Patrol agents.

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3) From Noah Hurowitz and Trevor Aaronson's 12-16-25 THE INTERCEPT article entitled "Longtime Paid FBI Informant Was Instrumental in Terror Case Against 'Turtle Island Liberation Front'":

An FBI investigation into an alleged terror plot in Southern California bears the familiar hallmarks of the bureau’s long-running use of informants and undercover agents to advance plots that might not otherwise have materialized, court documents show.

News of the plot surfaced Monday morning in a Fox News report that ran ahead of court filings or official statements. Within minutes, FBI officials amplified the story on social media.

“PROTECT THE HOMELAND and CRUSH VIOLENT CRIME,” wrote FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, a former podcaster. “These words are not slogans, they’re the investigative pillars of this FBI.”

What followed, however, painted a more complicated picture.

The limited details available suggest an investigation that leaned heavily on a paid informant and at least one undercover FBI agent, according to an affidavit filed in federal court. The informant and the undercover agent were involved in nearly every stage of the case, including discussions of operational security and transporting members of the group to the site in the Mojave Desert where federal agents ultimately made the arrests.

The informant, who has worked other cases on the FBI’s payroll since 2021, had been in contact with the group known as the Turtle Island Liberation Front since at least late November, just two months after President Donald Trump designated “antifa” a domestic terrorism organization.

On the morning of December 15, FBI Director Kash Patel announced the arrests, calling the plot “a credible, imminent terrorist threat.”

Yet the case had the familiar markings of FBI terrorism stings that stretch back more than two decades — hundreds of cases that have disproportionately targeted left-wing activists and Muslims, and, less often, right-wing actors.

Since the September 11 attacks, the FBI has relied on informants to identify and build terrorism cases. The structure has created perverse incentives for potential informants. Their cooperation can get them out of criminal cases of their own and lead to handsome monetary compensation. The FBI’s call is simple: Bring cases, get paid.

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