What we know about the group Turtle Island Liberation Front – ABC7

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 1:38AM Four people arrested last week who are suspected of planning coordinated bomb attacks across Southern California are part of anti-capitalist and anti-government group called the “Turtle Island Liberation Front,” federal officials said Monday. The group’s Instagram page, which has 939 followers, features images with the phrases “Death to America” and “Peaceful Protest Will Never Be Enough.” A video on the posted on the Instagram account features a woman, who only identifies as “Mary,” explaining the group’s name. “So that’s what the natives called it – was Turtle Island,” the person, whose face is concealed, says in the video. “So that’s the de-colonized name of the Americas. And Turtle Island Liberation Front is looking for reparations and land back for these indigenous groups.” The FBI said Monday, agents arrested Audrey Carroll, Zachary Page, Dante Gaffield and Tina Lai last week in Lucerne Valley when the suspects gathered in the desert to build pipe bombs. Retired LAPD Counter-Terrorism Officer Mike Downing said the threat from plots like these are real. “I still think you have extremes on both ends that present danger to this country,” Downing said. “And you cannot take the eye off the ball. And
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