Fifteen suspects are accused of conspiring with two Minneapolis-based Antifa groups to violently interfere with federal immigration enforcement, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Daniel Rosen, who heads the U.S. attorney’s office for Minnesota, told news reporters at his Minneapolis headquarters that agents arrested 12 of the 15 suspects; one was already in custody for other offenses. Two remained at large.
The defendants are charged with conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer, solicitation to commit a crime of violence, interstate threats, interstate stalking, assault on a federal officer, and destruction of government property.
A group called “Direct Action Minnesota” is tied to many of the alleged offenses, Rosen said….