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The alleged ringleader of a terror plot to attack President Donald Trump's White House UFC event is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, officials said.
Abraham Alvarez, 31, arrived in the US as a child and failed to leave after his B2 visa expired in 2001, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said.
According to the department he was granted relief under the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Alvarez was nabbed by authorities in Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday following a raid on an old church, WOWT reported.
DHS said that Alvarez, and five other suspects, face federal charges of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit violence on White House grounds.
Abraham Alvarez, 31, arrived in the US as a child and failed to leave after his B2 visa expired in 2001, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said
Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said: 'This illegal alien from Mexico should never have been allowed in our country.
'He was the ringleader of a failed terror attack targeting UFC Freedom 250 at the White House. He will face justice and swiftly be removed from our country.'
Investigators believe the group planned to strike buildings near the event with drones packed with explosives, triggering a mass evacuation.
Authorities believe the plan was to send the panicked crowds towards a pre-positioned sniper team as they tried to escape.
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