U.S. foiled alleged terror plot in California by "far-left" group, Bondi says

Washington — Attorney General Pam Bondi said Monday that national authorities had foiled a program by members of a "far-left" radical to behaviour a bid of attacks connected New Year's Eve crossed Southern California.

Bondi wrote connected X that the Justice Department and FBI "prevented what would person been a monolithic and horrific panic crippled successful the Central District of California," which encompasses Los Angeles and Orange County.

The lawyer wide said a radical called the Turtle Island Liberation Front was down the crippled and was "preparing to behaviour a bid of bombings against aggregate targets successful California" starting connected New Year's Eve. Bondi described the Turtle Island Liberation Front arsenic a "far-left, pro-Palestine, anti-government, and anti-capitalist group."

Bondi said the radical was besides readying to people Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and vehicles.

"This was an unthinkable effort by our U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the FBI to guarantee Americans tin unrecorded successful peace. We volition proceed to prosecute these panic groups and bring them to justice," Bondi wrote.

The lawyer wide did not supply further details connected whether determination had been immoderate arrests. The FBI is acceptable to stock much details astatine a property league successful Los Angeles.

The Turtle Island Liberation Front describes itself connected Facebook arsenic a governmental enactment that seeks "liberation of occupied Turtle Island and liberation of each colonized radical crossed the worlds." The radical has posted pro-Palestinian messages and has said it is warring against "fascist colonizers." It has urged followers to bring Palestinian flags to protests. 

An Instagram account for the group's Los Angeles section says it advocates for "liberation done decolonization and tribal sovereignty." The radical does not look to beryllium peculiarly well-known: its Instagram relationship has less than 900 followers, and its Facebook page is followed by conscionable 32 users.

Turtle Island is the sanction utilized by immoderate indigenous peoples for North America.