Federal agents have arrested two Tennessee men with ties to a neo-Nazi network, charging them in a plot to assemble a violent paramilitary group capable of attacking what they referred to as “high-value targets,” according to court documents and reporting by NewsChannel 5 investigative reporter Phil Williams.
The arrests on Jan. 20 raise alarm among law enforcement and counter-extremism officials over how far online and on-the-ground extremist networks are willing to go to obtain military-style weapons and training.
According to the federal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 20-year-old Aiden Daniel Cuevas and 23-year-old Andrew Cole Nary were indicted on conspiracy charges related to trafficking illegal firearms, including fully automatic machine guns with serial numbers removed…