Federal authorities are actively searching for Benjamin Hanil Song, accused of a central role in an \"ambush\" at an ICE detention facility in Alvarado,

He is accused of joining 10 others in an organized attack on the Prairieland Detention Center near Alvarado on July 4.

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The July 4 attack is just one in a series of recent attacks against federal immigration officers. On Monday, July 7, U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley fatally shot a Michigan man who launched an attack at their McAllen facility before dawn.

The suspect is believed to have fired two AR-15-style rifles at three officers, and his criminal complaint document says he was in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves for five years.

Benjamin Hanil Song was charged with three counts of attempted murder and three counts of discharging a firearm during a violent act, the FBI announced Wednesday.

Benjamin Hanil Song is wanted for his alleged involvement in the July 4TH attack on the Prairieland Detention Center in North Texas, the Dept. of Public Safety announced late Wednesday.