Texas antifa cell ringleader sentenced to 100 years in federal prison over terrorism attack

Published June 23, 2026 12:01pm ET | Updated June 23, 2026 12:01pm ET



The ringleader of a Texas antifa cell received a 100-year prison sentence on Tuesday in the first federal case to bring terrorism-related charges against antifa operatives, while seven of his accomplices will each spend decades behind bars for their roles in the terrorism plot that targeted immigration officers.

Cell leader Benjamin Hanil Song was sentenced to 100 years in federal prison, effectively a life sentence, for the attempted murder of a police officer during the cell’s July 2025 attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Alvarado, Texas.

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