The recent attack on a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas drew wide coverage across the broadcast dial. However, a more troubling attack has gone uncovered except for a brief on the CBS Evening News.
Watch the report in its entirety as aired on Tuesday, July 8th, 2025:
This brief on the CBS Evening News was the sole item on the Antifa attack against the ICE facility at Alvarado, TX across the legacy network newscasts (a full report streamed on CBSEN+). pic.twitter.com/478JBo5i3j
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) July 9, 2025
MAURICE DuBOIS: Ten people are charged with attempted murder after allegedly staging an ambush at an immigration detention center in Alvarado, Texas. Investigators say some of the suspects lured officers outside by shooting fireworks at the building and painting graffiti. An officer was shot and is out of the hospital. Authorities are investigating whether the July 4th attack is linked to a shooting yesterday at a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, TX.
Needless to say, the attack was much more complex than what could fit into CBS’s brief. Per the Department of Justice:
After approximately 10 minutes of convening, one or two individuals broke off from the main group and began to spray graffiti on vehicles and a guard structure in the parking lot at the facility. An Alvarado police officer responded to the scene after correctional officers called 911 to report suspicious activity. When the Alvarado police officer arrived, one alleged defendant positioned in nearby woods shot the officer in the neck area. Another alleged assailant across the street fired 20 to 30 rounds at unarmed correctional officers who had stepped outside the facility.
As alleged in the complaint, AR-style rifles were found at the scene. The assailants fled from the detention center but were stopped by additional law enforcement officers. Some defendants were wearing body armor, some were armed, and some had two-way radios. A total of twelve sets of body armor were found during searches of vehicles associated with the defendants, on their persons, and in the area around the Prairieland Detention Center.
Additionally, officers found spray paint, flyers stating, “FIGHT ICE TERROR WITH CLASS WAR!” and “FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS,” and a flag stating, “RESIST FACISM – FIGHT OLIGARCHY.” One of the alleged attackers had cell phones inside a “Faraday bag,” used to block phone signals and commonly used by criminal actors to try to prevent law enforcement from tracking their location.
The Alvarado police officer that was shot during this attack is expected to survive, and there is a remaining suspect in the wind. This attack was far more complex than was reported.
If there is anything to ding for this report, it is CBS’s use of scare quotes for “ambush”. This was, by definition, an ambush. But credit to CBS for airing the item to begin with. These 25 seconds shown on the Evening News are 25 seconds more than was shown on both ABC World News Tonight and on NBC Nightly News. The catastrophic Texas flood still dominated the evening news, and rightly so. But that is no excuse for not airing what could be reasonably described as an insurrection against the United States or, at minimum, aid and abettance of the invasion that happened over the preceding four years.
ABC could not be bothered to air anything on the Alvarado attack. Not with Diddy’s judge setting an October sentencing date. Couldn’t bump that, no sir!
NBC could’ve found the time but, alas, there was footage of a Michigan fireworks explosion to air. Furthermore, there was the urgent public safety matter of the liver damage caused by overconsumption of turmeric supplements, as well as the closure of European tourist attractions due to wildfires.
Antifa carried out an organized attack against an immigration operations center and the same media that caterwauled over January 6th was nowhere to be found. This is the state of today’s media.
