The Justice Department announced Monday that it has charged a Texas man with an international terrorism crime after he allegedly provided bomb components and money to individuals he believed were acting on behalf of ISIS.

The 21-year-old Texan, John Michael Garza, Jr., was charged last week through a federal complaint after he allegedly brought bomb-making materials to a meeting last week, and gave them to someone he believed was an ISIS “brother.” 

“This case is a testament to the incredible work of our federal agents, who work tirelessly to save American lives,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement. “ISIS’s poisonous ideology must be ripped out root and stem — anyone who tries to commit violence on ISIS’s behalf will be found, arrested, and prosecuted. You cannot hide from us.”

The bomb-making scheme began in October when a New York police employee spotted Garza's social media account, and began a conversation with the suspect, who said he ascribed to the ISIS ideology and sent the agent multiple official ISIS media releases.

Garza also paid the undercover official with several small sums of cryptocurrency in November and December 2025, believing that he was supporting ISIS causes. 

Garza then met two undercover officials, including an undercover FBI agent, last week, where he gave the agent several explosive components and offered to send the agent an instructional bomb-building video.

The move comes after a federal grand jury last week charged four members of the anti-government group, Turtle Island Liberation Front, with plotting to detonate bombs across Los Angeles on New Year's Eve. 

Garza appeared in front of a judge Tuesday for a probable cause and detention hearing, and faces a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison if convicted.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.