Six women charged for their roles in the shooting of an Alvarado police officer faced a federal judge on Monday.
The officer was responding to a vandalism call at the ICE detention center when federal prosecutors said he was ambushed. Thankfully, he survived.
In all, at least 16 people have been charged in the case.
According to the federal complaint, several of the defendants were dressed in black, military-style clothing.
The complaint states that the protestors began shooting fireworks at the detention center. Two people broke off from the main group and began to spray graffiti on vehicles and a guard structure.
Officials believe it was all a ploy to draw ICE detention officers out of the building. Instead, the correctional officers called 911 to report the vandalism.
