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FBI, Secret Service Nab Plotters Targeting UFC White House Event

6/22/2026

Summary

Story summary

FBI and Secret Service arrested Abraham Alvarez and four others for plotting an attack on the UFC Freedom 250 White House event.
DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said the suspect should never have entered United States and will be removed.
Tycen Proper’s mother warned authorities about his firearm purchases, leading investigators to seize his weapons and ammunition.
Vice President JD Vance called the scheme “very, very dark” and urged leaders to curb incendiary rhetoric.

History

Historical Context

On April 19 1995 Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb that killed 168 people at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, prompting the FBI-led OKBOMB investigation and the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act that expanded inter-agency coordination. Today, the arrests of Abraham Alvarez and Lauren Bis and Vice President JD Vance’s condemnation echo that same federal response to domestic terror.

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Story summary

FBI and Secret Service arrested Abraham Alvarez and four others for plotting an attack on the UFC Freedom 250 White House event.
DHS Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said the suspect should never have entered United States and will be removed.
Tycen Proper’s mother warned authorities about his firearm purchases, leading investigators to seize his weapons and ammunition.
Vice President JD Vance called the scheme “very, very dark” and urged leaders to curb incendiary rhetoric.

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