Final associate in Texas cell sentenced to six years in federal prison

A federal judge sentenced Susan Elaine Kent to 72 months in prison on Monday for providing material support to terrorists. The term caps the federal cases against the 16-member Texas group at a combined 562 years. Kent was the last defendant sentenced in the case, which stemmed from the July 2025 armed attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Alvarado.

Court records show the group planned to free detainees by force.

Background of the case Kent pleaded guilty before trial and agreed to testify for prosecutors in exchange for a reduced sentence. She told jurors she helped hide the cell’s leader after he shot an Alvarado police officer during the attack. The leader, identified in court as Benjamin Hanil Song, received a 100-year sentence for attempted murder of a police officer.

Kent stated she coordinated his movement between safe houses during a multistate manhunt.

Testimony and group structure Kent testified that the cell operated through a support network and that some members belonged to a local Socialist Rifle Association chapter. She identified codefendants as cell members but did not label herself an antifa member.

Four other defendants also cooperated with prosecutors. Court statements described the attack as aligned with antifa ideology and aimed at influencing government policy through violence. Twenty-two people, including the 16 federally convicted members, still face separate state charges in Johnson County for terrorism, assault on a public servant, and organized criminal activity.