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Ex-Marine Charged in Alvarado ICE Ambush Added to Texas Most-Wanted List

Agencies rely on phone location data in an intensified search for the armed ex-Marine suspect.

Benjamin Hanil Song reportedly used AR-15-style rifles to shoot at three officers after other suspects lured them out of the detention center.
The FBI released this image of Benjamin Hanil Song, taken in 2024.
The Prairieland Detention Center is seen, Sept. 15, 2016, in Alvarado, Texas. A Blue Alert went out on cell phones Wednesday night seeking the location of 32-year-old Benjamin Hanil Song in relation to a July 4 ICE facility ambush that wounded a North Texas officer.
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Overview

  • Federal prosecutors on July 10 charged Benjamin Hanil Song with three counts of attempted murder of federal officers and three counts of discharging a firearm during a violent crime.
  • The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a Blue Alert; Song was added to its Most-Wanted list with combined rewards totalling $35,000.
  • Authorities warn Song is armed and dangerous; tips can be submitted through the FBI’s 24-hour tip line.
  • Investigators are tracking Song using phone location data, supplemented by airport surveillance footage, since the July 4 ambush.
  • Officials say Song purchased four guns for the coordinated attack, including AR-style rifles—one fitted with a binary trigger.