Mark Lorenzo Villanueva’s “improvised bomb made with large amounts of ball bearings, nails, screws and other objects” sounds a good bit like the bomb that two other ISIS operatives, Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, threw in New York City the other day. Expect to see more of them, since virtually nothing whatsoever has been done for years to stop ISIS activity in the U.S.
“Long Beach man pleads guilty to sending money to Islamic State, possessing homemade bomb,” by Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2026:
A Long Beach man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending payments to suspected members of Islamic State and for illegally possessing a homemade bomb, according to authorities.
Mark Lorenzo Villanueva, 29, pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California. Villanueva has been in custody since August.
According to his plea agreement, Villanueva began messaging a person claiming to be an Islamic State fighter living in Syria in February. The person told Villanueva how to send money to him overseas.
Villanueva allegedly sent more than $1,600 knowing it would be spent on ammunition, weapons and other supplies, authorities said. Villanueva also discussed conducting Islamic State operations in the United States.
Law enforcement searched Villanueva’s home in August and found an improvised bomb made with large amounts of ball bearings, nails, screws and other objects, according to the release. The device was not federally registered as required by law….
GianCarlo MATTA says
ooh !! an other poor little bastard who misunderstood “islàm = aka the-religion-of-peace”
gravenimage says
Odd how there are so many of these “misunderstanders”…
Billy says
Islam’s Muslims clearly understand the need to attack Non-Muslims with 99% or supreme confidence as taught in Islam’s Qur’an. Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…”
James Lincoln says
Tragically, this feature article does not surprise.
OLD GUY says
This MAN should never see the light of day as a free man again.
Ralph says
Sentence depends on oh his plea deal and whether or not the prosecutor is Soros-funded.
gravenimage says
California: Man converts to Islam, sends money to Islamic State, has homemade bomb
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So–another pious Muslim convert?