Disturbing new details revealed today (Wednesday) in federal indictments expose a murderous plot stopped at the last minute: five suspects planned to carry out a mass-casualty terror attack during the UFC Freedom 250 event held at the White House last Sunday. The plot, which included weaponized drones and sniper teams, wasn’t aimed only at President Donald Trump—it targeted a lineup of international leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was identified as a primary assassination target by members of the extremist cell.
According to court documents, the group’s leader, Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, ran an encrypted chat where “high-value targets” (HVTs) were defined. The suspects used code names to avoid detection: President Trump was called “1,” Vice President JD Vance “2,” Elon Musk was referred to by name, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was marked with the letter “N.” To ensure the operation’s success, they prepared for visual identification of these officials during the event itself.
The plan was sophisticated and chilling: the suspects intended to deploy explosive-laden drones over the crowd. The goal wasn’t just the explosion, but to create mass panic that would force the targets to flee to a “southern evacuation point” designated in advance. There, five sniper teams waited with orders to “eliminate the targets first, and only then response forces—such as the Secret Service, National Guard, and SWAT units.”
When they realized they lacked the expertise to manufacture homemade explosives, the suspects moved to “Plan B”: breaking into the U.S. Army ammunition plant in Parsons, Kansas, to steal weapons. Suspect Daniel Eskridge claimed he had “a man on the ground” gathering intelligence on the facility. This attempt was defined in the indictment as an “active preparatory action” that led to intensified FBI surveillance.
Tyson Proffer, 19, the youngest in the group, purchased much of the arsenal using roughly $3,000 he received as a graduation gift. Among the equipment purchased: an AR-style assault rifle, a “bullpup” rifle painted in American flag colors, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and personal protective gear.
The suspects also planned for the day after: Eskridge converted a farm on roughly 15 acres in Missouri into a “safe house” with a bunker hidden beneath a shed floor, and Alvarez marked an abandoned church in Nebraska as a refuge. Suspect Michael Alan Thomas even declared: “We’ll try to break them out of jail if we have to.”
The investigation reveals a picture of twisted motives: the suspects believed a conspiracy theory the administration is run by an elite that sacrifices babies. In Proffer’s journal, investigators found incitement about a demonic figure demanding human sacrifices. Additionally, Proffer and Eskridge used the website “TrackAIPAC.com” to locate politicians who received donations from pro-Israel lobbies. Proffer’s journal contained a list of 46 people marked as assassination targets.