Overview
- DHS and the Absecon Police Department SWAT team executed a search-and-arrest warrant at the twins’ home and took Ricardo Antonio Roman-Flores and Emilio Roman-Flores into custody.
- Court documents attribute posts on X that threatened to hang Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin and called to "shoot ICE on sight" to accounts linked to the defendants.
- Authorities seized firearms and ammunition during the raid, and DHS released a photo showing a shotgun, a semiautomatic rifle, and rounds recovered as evidence.
- Both men made initial appearances in U.S. District Court in Camden and were ordered detained pending trial; Emilio faces multiple weapons and related counts, while Ricardo is charged with conspiracy and terroristic threats.
- The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey is prosecuting with assistance from the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force as ICE’s acting director cites an 8,000% rise in death threats against personnel.