A pair of brothers, one of whom is an assistant principal at a Virginia high school, are accused of plotting to murder Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials reveal.

On November 19, law enforcement officers arrested John Wilson Bennett and Mark Booth Bennett, both American citizens, and charged the brothers with conspiracy to commit malicious wounding.

According to DHS officials, the Virginia Beach Police Department launched an investigation into the Bennett brothers on November 17 after an off-duty officer in Norfolk, Virginia, overheard them discussing plans to allegedly “kill police officers and ICE agents.”

Mark Bennett, in particular, allegedly discussed plans to meet with other anti-ICE activists in Las Vegas, Nevada, with

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