4 Charged With Plotting New Year’s Eve Attacks in Southern California, Prosecutors Say

Los Angeles, CA – December 15:First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli speaks to the press with LA County Sheriff Robert Luna and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell as they announce the arrest of alleged members of an extremist group that are suspected of planning bombing attacks in Southern California on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles on Monday, December 15, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal authorities have announced the arrests of four alleged members of an extremist group suspected of planning coordinated bombing attacks in Southern California. The arrests took place last week in the desert east of Los Angeles. According to a federal criminal complaint, the suspects were preparing to test improvised explosive devices for planned bombings. They are members of an offshoot of a group called the Turtle Island Liberation Front. The group allegedly plotted to set off a series of bombings on New Year’s Eve and target ICE agents and vehicles.

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