Aiden Daniel Cuevas Plotted to Kill Journalist After $1,500 Gun Sting, Testimony Shows
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Updated · The Guardian · May 28
Aiden Daniel Cuevas Plotted to Kill Journalist After $1,500 Gun Sting, Testimony Shows
1 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 28
Summary
January hearing testimony said Alabama neo-Nazi Aiden Daniel Cuevas used coded language with an undercover officer to signal that a journalist who reported on him “needed to be taken off the board.”
Prosecutors called it a foiled murder plot, saying Cuevas made his intent clear when he rejected mere doxxing or harassment and asked, “What good is harassing a pawn and not removing it?”
Cuevas was arrested in January after allegedly paying $1,500 for three fully automatic weapons and three Glock-style pistols with obliterated serial numbers; alleged co-conspirator Andrew Cole Nary was arrested with him.
Investigators said Cuevas founded the North Bama Brigade in 2023, wanted to “take over North Alabama,” and later sought urban assault training for attacks on “high value targets,” while also naming two other people he wanted eliminated.
The case adds to wider concerns about far-right extremists targeting journalists, through threats, doxxing and confrontations in the US and abroad.
With a key watchdog group indicted, who now tracks rising extremist threats against journalists?
Can someone be convicted of a murder plot for using 'coded talk' without ever saying the word 'kill'?
As gun dealer oversight weakens, will untraceable weapons become the new tool for domestic extremists?
Accelerationist Neo-Nazi Groups, Youth Radicalization, and Attacks on Journalists: The Tennessee Active Club and North Bama Brigade, 2024–2026
Overview
This report examines a foiled murder plot involving Aiden Stamper and Logan Gulbranson, both identified as neo-Nazis linked to the Tennessee Active Club, and details how a year-long FBI undercover operation led to the January 2026 arrests of Aiden Daniel Cuevas and Andrew Cole Nary for plotting to kill a journalist. It highlights the close ties between the Tennessee Active Club and the North Bama Brigade, both part of a broader network promoting violent accelerationist ideologies. The report also explores how these groups use online platforms for recruitment and coordination, posing ongoing challenges for law enforcement and press freedom.