{"id":2519363,"date":"2025-12-09T17:32:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-twins-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-immigration-officials\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T17:34:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:34:18","slug":"nj-twins-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-immigration-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-twins-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-immigration-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ twins arrested for threatening to kill immigration officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnj-twins-arrested-for-threatening-to-kill-immigration-officials%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2519363&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Twin brothers Emilio and ricardo roman-Flores from Absecon, New Jersey, were arrested for threatening to kill Department of homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin and immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. They made these threats online, including calls to &#8220;shoot ICE on sight.&#8221; The arrests were carried out by DHS and the local police SWAT team. Emilio faces multiple charges, including unlawful possession of an assault weapon, conspiracy, terroristic threats, and cyber harassment, while Ricardo is charged with conspiracy and terroristic threats. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons condemned the threats and attributed the rise in hostility toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">federal law enforcement<\/a> to extreme rhetoric from media and political figures. DHS reports an 8,000% increase in death threats against ICE employees.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New Jersey twins arrested for threatening to kill DHS spokeswoman and ICE officers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2422484\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Twin brothers from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\">New Jersey<\/a> were arrested on charges of threatening to kill Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ICE\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> officers.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\">DHS<\/a> announced Tuesday afternoon that U.S. citizens Emilio Roman-Flores and Ricardo Roman-Flores were taken into custody in Absecon, New Jersey, by DHS and the Absecon Police Department&rsquo;s SWAT team earlier in the day for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-man-who-entered-us-under-biden-charged-with-threatening-to-kill-americans-via-suicide-bomb\/\" title=\"Afghan Man Who Entered US Under Biden Charged with ... to Kill Americans Via Suicide Bomb\">making threats online<\/a> against a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a> official and federal law enforcement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3910596\/new-dhs-website-list-worst-criminal-illegal-immigrants-arrested\/\">New DHS website will list 10,000 worst criminal illegal immigrants arrested<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3910141\/mpd-dc-police-chief-pamela-smith-steps-down\/\">MPD police chief Pamela Smith steps down<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3909554\/tim-pool-says-gunman-opened-fire-on-his-property\/\">Tim Pool says gunman opened fire from vehicle on his property: &#8216;Trying to scare us&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Let this be a warning to anyone who dares threaten or attack our brave <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police-and-law-enforcement\/\">law enforcement<\/a> officers,&rdquo; acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said in a statement. &ldquo;We will find you, we will arrest you, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. We are NOT afraid of you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Federal and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >local police executed<\/a> a search and arrest warrant for the Roman-Flores brothers following their call on social media to &ldquo;shoot ICE on sight,&rdquo; as well as McLaughlin.<\/p>\n<p>Emilio Roman-Flores is being charged with unlawful possession of an assault weapon, possession of prohibited weapons, conspiracy, terroristic threats, criminal coercion, threats, and cyber harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Ricardo Roman-Flores will be charged with conspiracy and terroristic threats.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;NEW &mdash; DHS says a pair of twins in Absecon, New Jersey, threatened to kill Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin and called to &ldquo;shoot ICE on sight&rdquo; on social media.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, DHS and the Absecon Police Department SWAT team executed a search&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TapO2XDTGL\">pic.twitter.com\/TapO2XDTGL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anna_Giaritelli\/status\/1998443191561793961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3910596\/new-dhs-website-list-worst-criminal-illegal-immigrants-arrested\/\">NEW DHS WEBSITE WILL LIST &lsquo;WORST OF THE WORST&rsquo; CRIMINAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"white-space: normal;\">Lyons blamed the &ldquo;extreme rhetoric&rdquo; coming from the media, Democratic politicians, and activists for the increase in threats against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-shot-during-a-wake-in-central-mexico\/\" title=\"9 shot during a wake in central Mexico\">federal police<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Death threats made against ICE employees are up 8,000%, according to the DHS, though the time frame of the threat increase was not specified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NJ twins arrested for threats against DHS spokeswoman, ICE officers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2519364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25141571622672.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4376,68526,49847,7518,14334],"class_list":["post-2519363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arrested","tag-immigration-officials","tag-nj","tag-threatening","tag-twins"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25141571622672.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2519363"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2519367,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519363\/revisions\/2519367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2519364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2519363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2519363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2519363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}