Antifa members hit with terror charges part of cell with 50 guns: feds

The two Antifa agitators who are the first in the nation to face terrorism charges were part of a “cell” that stockpiled with more than 50 guns — including homemade weapons, according to authorities.  

Zachary Evetts and Cameron Arnold, who is also referred to as Autumn Hill, are feeling the consequences on the federal level after the Trump administration designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization last month.

The pair were initially arrested along with nine more leftwing lunatics on attempted murder charges after the group allegedly opened fire on a local cop and unarmed federal officers outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas on July 4.

Federal prosecutors revealed in the latest indictment that the alleged Antifa cell, including Evetts and Arnold, was “heavily armed with over 50 firearms” purchased in several different Lone Star State cities.

A co-conspirator, considered the leader of the group, “bought and built numerous AR-platform rifles,” including some that were handed out to his comrades, the criminal complaint alleges.

One of the weapons even featured a binary trigger that allows a firearm “to fire more rapidly,” shooting two bullets each time the trigger is pulled, the feds said.

Ten rifles, including the one with the binary trigger, were brought to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement location the night of the attack, prosecutors said. An image previously provided by the feds showed some of the body armor and magazines the group allegedly possessed.

The group descended on the facility, where they initially set off fireworks and vandalized cars, authorities charged.

A responding local cop to the commotion was shot and wounded while at least 20 rounds were fired at two unarmed federal agents who left the building before the attackers fled, the feds said.

The Antifa cell exchanged numerous encrypted texts as they planned out the attack, including one member who allegedly wrote, “I’m done with peaceful protests,” court docs said.

“Blue lives don’t matter,” the same member also allegedly wrote.

The group also mapped out logistics, pinpointing nearby police stations and security cameras, the feds alleged.

One group member allegedly wrote they would be “bringing a wagon to hold armor and rifles,” as the cell leader also added the high-power guns would be used to intimidate law enforcement.

“Cops are not trained or equipped for more than one rifle so it tends to make them back off,” the leader allegedly wrote.  

Evetts, decked out in black military-style clothes, was arrested shortly after the attack when he fled on foot from his red Mazda parked at the Prairieland Detention Center, prosecutors said.

Arnold was captured at the home where the group planned the attack, and was allegedly at the facility during the chaos, the feds said.

Evetts and Arnold are now facing charges of providing material support to terrorists – a development that was slammed by their lawyers.

Patrick McLain, who is representing Evetts, said he’s seen “zero basis” for any of the charges so far while Arnold’s legal rep, Cody Cofer, said the new counts, “could be understood by some as an attempt to appeal to a mob mentality rather than relying on the evidence and the law.”

The initial accusations in court docs displayed anti-government materials and flyers with political messages, though the documents did not explicitly mention antifa.

President Trump issued an order to designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization in September, claiming the movement uses “illegal means to organize and execute a campaign of violence and terrorism nationwide” to overthrow the US government. 

With Post wires.