FBI arrests man who planned to fire sniper rounds and set off explosives at the border

A Tennessee man whom the FBI says was planning to join a border-focused militia group and set off explosives and fire off sniper rounds at the U.S.-Mexico border was arrested this Monday, Court Watch reported.

Paul Faye was first targeted by authorities after they found communications between him and another man who was arrested for planning attacks at the border. Over the next year, agents conducted an undercover operation where Faye told them that “the patriots are going to rise up because we are being invaded. We are being invaded.”

He also allegedly told an undercover agent that he was “coordinating with militia groups from Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee" and that his job as a militia member was to act as a sniper.

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“I’ll be the first one on the scene, and the last one to leave," he allegedly said. "The reason why I say that is, if something, just say that we were going down like that, before you even put yourself in danger, I would be on top that roof right there, zeroing out, taking out anybody. And then as y’all coming out, I’m going to be taking out."

He also told an agent that he was in possession of explosives that he planned to use.

Read the full report over at Court Watch.