A federal law enforcement source told CBS News that local police arrested eight people. The official said some of those apprehended were wearing body armor.

The charges come three days after an Alvarado police officer was shot responding to an incident outside the Prairieland Detention Facility. The suspects used fireworks and vandalism to lure ICE personnel out of the facility,

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer was shot outside a Texas detention center last week in what some federal officials and law enforcement leaders say is the latest consequence of increasingly hostile rhetoric from Democrat politicians.