“Internal terrorism”: how the attacks against Tesla multiplied since Elon Musk joined the Trump government

Molotov bombs against Tesla dealers, burning vehicles, shots and vandalism. Since the tycoon Elon Musk is part of the government of USAattacks against their company inside and outside the country have multiplied and took the president Donald Trump To talk about “internal terrorism” and threaten to imprison in the Nayib Bukele prison in El Salvador to those responsible. For now, there are already three detained people who are exposed to sentences between 5 and 20 years in jail.

Trump He assumed the presidency on January 20 and since that day MUSK heads the new government efficiency department (Doge)created with the aim of reducing public spending and remodel federal government agencies.

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At this time, Doge He has fired or suspended thousands of public employees, has demanded access to sensitive payment systems, has dismantled USAID (Key agency for humanitarian aid in the international arena), and has accessed data and private information about millions of Americans. Musk pays directly to Trump.

Earlier this year a protest movement against the policies of Musk and the administration Trump known as Tesla Takedown, whose shares have extended even outside the United States.

Tesla Takedown It has as objectives disinterate in Tesla selling shares and vehiclesfinancially affect Musk and challenge their political influence. They have made demonstrations in stores Tesla in the United States and Europe.

They have a web page with an interactive map that allows to locate the concentrations of protesters against Tesla dealers around the world.

In an apparent reaction to the controversial decisions of Doge, Vandalian attacks against the company of Musk. It has not been directly linked to Tesla Takedown With violent actions.

The first event occurred on January 20, when a Tesla Cybertruck exploded in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. The driver died and seven passersby were injured.

The authorities identified the driver as Matthew Alan Livelsbergera Special Forces soldier on license, who apparently committed suicide before the explosion.

He January 29a concessionaire of Tesla in Loveland, Coloradosuffered multiple acts of vandalism. For this fact, a 40 -year -old woman was arrested, identified as Lucy Grace Nelsonwho is accused of launching Molotov cocktails and writing “Nazi cars” in Tesla vehicles of that store.

He February 20 shots were recorded against a concessionaire of Tesla in Tigard, Oregoncausing material damage.

He February 24a man was arrested in Loveland, Coloradofor trying to place explosives and vandalize a Tesla concessionaire.

He March 212 Tesla vehicles were burned in a concessionaire in Toulouse, France.

That same day, the phrase “No Musk”He appeared painted with red spray on the glass of a Tesla concessionaire in Owings Mills, Maryland.

He March 3seven Tesla load stations were burned near Boston.

He March 6, A Tesla concessionaire in Salem, OregonIt was attacked with shots, causing damage to the windows and vehicles.

He March 9four Tesla Cybertrucks vehicles were destroyed in a concessionaire in Seattle, Washington.

He March 1020 cars were damaged in a Tesla concessionaire in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

He March 11six Tesla vehicles were vandalized, one of them marked with swastika, in Lynnwood, Washington.

That same day, three Tesla cars were attacked with graffiti and damage to the tires in Didham, Massachusetts.

He March 14Daniel Clarke-Pander, 24, was arrested for criminal charges after a incendiary attack against a Tesla load station that occurred on March 7 in North Chaleston, South Carolina.

He March 20at least 80 vehicles of Tesla They were damaged by rayons in the body and wheels in an attack on a concessionaire of the Canadian town of Hamilton.

Elon Musk invested about 250 million dollars

in promoting the Republican campaign of Donald Trump for the 2024 elections, becoming his greatest benefactor.

The first accused of “internal terrorism”

On Thursday, the United States Attorney General, Pam Bondiannounced the first charges against three detainees for vanzadizing properties of Tesla and asked for a penalty of between 5 and 20 years in prison for each one.

“That this serves as a warning: if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against the properties of Tesla, the Department of Justice will put you together”, Bondi said in a statement released by the Department of Justice.

“The days of committing crimes without consequences have ended,” The prosecutor said. “The three defendants will face the entire weight of the law for using Molotov cocktails to set fire to cars and load stations of Tesla,” adds the text.

According to the Department of Justice, one of the defendants, who was allegedly armed with a light assault rifle, was arrested “after launch approximately eight Molotov cocktails against a Tesla dealership located in Salem (Oregon)”

Another defendant was arrested Loveland (Colorado) for “trying to set fire to molotov cocktails” and allegedly also carried materials to “manufacture other incendiary weapons.”

To the third accused, detained in Charleston (South Carolina), he is accused of having written “profane messages against the president” before “setting fire to the load stations.”

Tesla has more than 130 stores and galleries

In the United States where their vehicles sell directly, which can also be bought online.

Trump threatens to send them to Bukele prison

On Friday, Trump celebrated the decision of the attorney general Bondi And he said on his social networks that Those who are going to be convicted of damaging or destroying Tesla vehicles could be sent to El Salvador to be held in the prison of Bukeleeven being American citizens.

“I want to see how those sick terrorist thugs for what they are doing to Elon Musk already Tesla“Trump said.” Maybe they could fulfill them in the prisons of El Salvadorhow famous they have become lately for their lovely conditions! ”He added.

More than a week ago, USA deported to El Salvador to 238 Venezuelans, including 137 accused of being members of the criminal gang Aragua trainand they were held in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT). Deportation flights landed in that country despite the fact that a federal judge ordered the planes to return and return the detainees to the United States.

Analysts consulted by The New York Times considered that It is unlikely that an order to send American citizens to external prisons will be sustained in court.

The Week Padada, Trump He suggested in an interview in Fox News that vandalism had been paid “by very politic people of the left.”

For its part, the FBI described those involved in the planning and perpetration of attacks such as “Violent domestic extremists.”

While Musk He talked about the theme on Monday of last week, during an appearance in the podcast of the Republican Senator Ted Cruz, where he said that “At least one part is organized and financed” by “leftist organizations in the United States, financed, in essence, by left -wing billions.”

“This level of violence is crazy and is deeply bad,” Musk wrote on Tuesday in X, where he shared a video of Tesla vehicles set on fire in Las Vegas. “Tesla only manufactures electric cars and has done nothing to deserve these atrocious attacks,” he added.