DHS Says Alleged Ringleader of UFC Terror Plot Is a Mexican Illegal Immigrant

Homeland Security officials say alleged ringleader Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez entered the United States under the DACA program in 2014.

President Donald Trump and UFC President and CEO Dana White walk out of the White House onto the South Lawn for the UFC Freedom 250 fight on June 14, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on June 17 confirmed that the alleged leader of a plot to carry out a terrorist attack against the White House’s UFC event over the past weekend is an illegal immigrant who was allowed to stay in the United States under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

In a statement, the DHS confirmed that Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, a Mexican illegal immigrant, entered the United States on a B-2 visitor visa and failed to depart the country after it expired in 2001.