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pjc50 6 hours ago

Anyone got the actual indictment?

From linked https://freedes.net/jun-23rd-2026-press-release/ : "Sanchez Estrada, a 39-year-old artist, was found guilty on March 13, 2026, alongside eight codefendants who participated in an anti-ICE protest at the controversial Alvarado ICE detention facility. Under the auspices of “National Security Presidential Memorandum-7,” which was issued after the killing of Christian nationalist influencer Charlie Kirk, Sanchez Estrada was federally charged with “corruptly concealing a document or record” for moving a box of zines the day after the protest. Although he was not present at the protest, nor did he know about it, prosecutors argued that the content of the literature made it evidence of the defendants’ material support for terrorism, and shockingly alleged that the decision to move the box was a conspiracy between Sanchez Estrada and his wife."

Very .. British approach to linking people to "terrorism" on the flimsiest pretext.

neuronexmachina 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Link to "National Security Memorandum-7" for reference: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/coun...

Example quote:

>(h) The Attorney General shall issue specific guidance that ensures domestic terrorism priorities include politically motivated terrorist acts such as organized doxing campaigns, swatting, rioting, looting, trespass, assault, destruction of property, threats of violence, and civil disorder. This guidance shall also include an identification of any behaviors, fact patterns, recurrent motivations, or other indicia common to organizations and entities that coordinate these acts in order to direct efforts to identify and prevent potential violent activity.

fc417fc802 6 hours ago | parent [-]

> politically motivated terrorist acts such as ... organized doxing campaigns

> politically motivated terrorist acts such as ... civil disorder

I didn't realize the bar for terrorism had fallen so low.

deepsummer 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The prosecutor's description of the "ICE protest" is "setting off fireworks, vandalizing property, and shooting at police officers who responded. One officer was struck in the neck with a bullet and survived.".

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/ice-detention-attack-defe...

staticman2 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> nor did he know about it

I'm not loving this turn of phrase. Seems very Weasel-worded. Did not know about it according to who? I think we need a better news source.

4MOAisgoodenuf 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

what difference does it make? He is sentenced to go to jail for nearly half a lifetime for transporting a box of magazines. This is insane.

pjc50 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's a press release, i.e. put out on his behalf by his defenders.

jampekka 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Very US approach.

verdverm 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This seems to be the PR piece around the indictment: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/antifa-cell-members-ind...

fc417fc802 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Assuming the quoted source can be trusted then we've got a conspiracy without knowledge of the thing being conspired about plus a blatantly unconstitutional line of argument regarding political views (either held or written take your pick). Last I checked creating a pamphlet about how awesome and amazing Bin Laden was qualified as protected speech.