CHICAGO — A Chicago man has been federally charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the alleged plot to attack the UFC event at the White House.
Alexander Iniguez Mercado, 20, of Chicago, is accused of being an administrator and member of Signal messaging groups. The indictment states the group included members who appeared to communicate with others regarding the planning of an alleged attack targeting the UFC event at the White House on June 14.
The indictment states that an FBI agent spoke with Mercado on the phone the day prior to the UFC event. Mercado denied having plans to travel to Washington, D.C. to help with the alleged attack. He is accused of uninstalling the Signal application from his phone — causing the data to become unavailable…