A Tennessee man who intended to travel to the Mexican border with an arsenal of weapons and explosives to “stir up the hornet’s nest” because migrants are invading the United States was arrested by federal agents on Monday after selling an undercover agent an unregistered silencer, NBC News reports.
According to the criminal complaint, Paul Faye had been on the FBI’s radar before recent conversations, when he told FBI agents that he was in contact with militia groups in Tennessee and three other states as he coordinated some paramilitary action with them along the border to gain media attention.
“What I hope happens. Is called a domino effect. I want, I want the news to find out about it,” Faye said according to the criminal complaint, which also noted Faye believed the government was planning to wage war with citizens soon.