Daniel Sanchez Estrada
Biography
Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, known as Des, is the husband of co-defendant Maricela Rueda. He was not present at the July 4, 2025 protest but was charged after Rueda allegedly called him from jail and asked him to conceal evidence. He was convicted by a federal jury on March 13, 2026 of corruptly concealing a document or record and conspiracy to conceal documents. On June 23, 2026 he was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison (plus 1 year of supervised release).
On July 4, 2025, a group of demonstrators gathered outside the Prairieland Detention Center, an ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas. During the protest, fireworks were set off and an Alvarado police officer was shot and wounded. Federal prosecutors charged the participants as members of a "North Texas Antifa Cell" — the first time the Department of Justice has brought terrorism-related charges in connection with alleged antifa activity. After a 12-day federal trial in Fort Worth, a jury returned guilty verdicts on March 13, 2026. Sentencing took place on June 23, 2026.
From a second record of the same person, merged here so nothing is lost:
Daniel Rolando Sanchez-Estrada is one of the defendants in the Prairieland case, the federal prosecution of people arrested after the July 4, 2025 protest outside the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, which the U.S. Department of Justice labeled a "North Texas Antifa Cell." He was convicted at trial (jury verdict March 13, 2026) of corruptly concealing a document or record and conspiracy to conceal documents — accused of moving a box of movement materials, and not accused of the shooting — and was sentenced in 2026 to 30 years in federal prison. He has filed a notice of appeal.
