A Bexar County judge on Tuesday dismissed charges against a far-right blogger who was arrested for trespassing on private property last year while attempting to film migrants at San Antonio International Airport.
Police arrested self-proclaimed “citizen journalist” Hernando Arce — a San Antonio resident who describes himself as a “Alpha MAGA Male” in his X profile bio — at the airport in November.
At the time, Arce told authorities he was exercising his “First Amendment protection of the freedom of press” by filming the asylum seekers as they prepared to depart to be with family members or hosts. However, Acre received a criminal trespass warning earlier that month, meaning that if he returned to the property, he would be arrested.
On Tuesday, County Court 2 Judge Melissa Saenz tossed out the case against Arce, citing a lack of evidence.
“Now, the fight continues,” Arce told supporters in a video posted to X following his court hearing. “We won this battle, but we haven’t won the war, and this is a war for our sovereignty. That’s why we’re going to continue to fight even harder now, because this has given me my mission in life as well as your mission in life to save our republic.”