Professional protestors of Texas unmasked: Elementary school teacher, costumer designer and Palestinian store-owner among adults who infiltrated University of Austin demo

These are the professional protesters who descended on the University of Texas's Palestinian demonstration earlier this week despite having no connections to the school. 

Among them is a former elementary school teacher, a costume designer, a Palestinian store-owner and an interpreter. 

Their ages range from the early 30s to one man who is 59, and none are enrolled at the college. 

Their arrests can be revealed by DailyMail.com today as the school hits back at the narrative that police are at war with wide-eyed, youthful protesters demanding justice in Palestine.  

Six non-students arrested at the University of Texas at Austin protests Monday

Julian Manuel Reyes, 55, shown in a 2023 jail booking photo, after being arrested on charges of interfering with public duties, in Austin, Texas

'The University of Texas learned Tuesday that, of the 79 people arrested on our campus Monday, 45 had no affiliation with UT Austin,' the university shared in a statement Tuesday. 

'These numbers validate our concern that much of the disruption on campus over the past week has been orchestrated by people from outside the University, including groups with ties to escalating protests at other universities around the country.'

DailyMail.com can now reveal the identities of some of the outsiders who infiltrated the student protests in Austin- obtained through a deep dive of public records. 

Julian Reyes, 55, is a well-known Austin ankle biter and fixture at pretty much every local protest. 

On his YouTube channel, Reyes chronicles his many confrontations with the cops, whom he calls 'micro tyrants.'

Former elementary school teacher turned arrestee Sophia Deloretto-Chudy, 28, was among the non-students arrested at the University of Texas at Austin Monday, according to charging documents

Deloretto-Chudy posted images of bruises and injures from the protest to her Instagram.  'Nothing in my lived experience has ever radicalized me more than being personally brutalized by those who were sworn to "protect and serve" me,' she wrote

Deloretto-Chudy recently took a job as the executive director at Texas Voter Project, according to her social media accounts 

He's also uploaded footage of his attendance at other Gaza peace rallies. 

On April 24, Reyes was arrested for criminal trespassing, after university police gave protestors a notice to disperse and they refused to leave, according to an arrest warrant for Reyes obtained by DailyMail.com.

Last week's arrest is at least his ninth, as the self proclaimed 'Lizard King' was taken into custody, leaving police unsure what to do with a pet lizard he had with him, according to a clip tweeted by the local paper. 

Reyes' was thrown in jail along with 55 others last week. The 'Lizard King' and 25 others had no UT affiliation, University President Jay Hartzell confirmed.

Up until last week, dozens of pro-Palesntine protests had taken place at UT Austin, the crown jewel of state schools in the Lone Star State.

Those protests were attended by students and were peaceful. 

Molly Biggar, 34, who works for an LA production firm, mixed in with students at the University of Texas and was arrested for criminal trespassing 

Haithem Nasser El-Zabri, 59, runs the Palestine Online Store out of Pflugerville, Texas. He was arrested at Monday's protest

But starting with the April 24 protest and then again this week, people from outside the campus started showing up to the school rallies. 

‘The fact is there’s been over 40 pro-Palestinian protests on campus and at the capital since Oct. 7, and everyone has been totally peaceful. What we’ve seen at UT yesterday and on Wednesday is very different. The goal is an encampment, and they are mimicking similar to other college campuses, most notably Columbia,' Austin attorney and political commentator Adam Loewy told DailyMail.com. 

Both the university and Gov. Greg Abbott have explicitly said they will not allow protestors to form encampments.

Monday, protestors who chained themselves to tables and barricades meant to set up an encampment, decided they were going to stand their ground, despite receiving multiple warnings from the school police and administration that they would be arrested if they did not leave.

The school called in dozens of state troopers in riot gear to start making arrests.

Jessica Erin Ennis, 37, was arrested at Monday's protest. She has previously been arrested for resisting arrest in 2015, according to public records

Jaime Hammonds, a online content creator who documents current events, witnessed agitators at Monday's protest. 

‘There are people there that are definitely not students. There was a lot of people there holding signs that said ‘Veterans against genocide.’ They did tell me that they’re not from Austin and they’re not university students,' he described.

'They were wearing camouflage, and they were holding signs. They were very much provoking the police. They were right in the middle of it. Yelling slurs at them, calling them some of the most vile names that you an imagine.’ 

While Monday's demonstration appeared peaceful at first, Hammonds said it only took three to four people to stir up the crowd.

He saw police arrest anyone who threw water bottles at the cops or tried to set up tents.

At one point, a trouble-maker with a covered face came out of the crowd and started slashing the tires of the police cruiser Hammonds was leaning against. 

The armed man nearly stabbed Hammonds leg, but disappeared into the crowd before he could be caught. 

'People say it wasn't violent, but it was violent,' Hammonds said. 

The tire slashing incident was documented on Hammond's social media account. 

Ultimately, 79 protestors were charged, but 45 of them weren't students.

Tessa Austin Mitterhoff, a 29-year-old activist, was among those mixed in with students at what was supposed to be a college only protest

 Sophia Deloretto-Chudy, 28, was among them. 

The former third-grade teacher was fired from her job at Becker Elementary in Austin when she ranted about an administrative review she had with her bosses on her TikTok account. 

Administrators initially called the first-year teacher in to discuss concerns, including why students were sitting in protest during the national anthem, reported local station KEYE. 

'We've noticed an intentional attempt of teaching your students about their legal and constitutional rights,' Deloretto-Chudy said in the clip reading from the school paperwork. 

'That's the concern. They're concerned. Why are you concerned? Why is that a concern,' she mockingly said. 

Molly Kathleen Biggar, 34, a native of Fairfield, Texas, was also arrested.

Texas State troopers in riot gear arrive at a Protect Palestine Rally on the University of Texas at Austin campus on April 29

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott brought in state troopers from other parts of the Lone Star State to help handle protestors

At Monday's protests, some could be seen yelling insults at police in an attempt to provoke officers

She lists her employment as associate producer at Cardinal Trio Pictures in Los Angeles on her LinkedIn profile. 

It's unclear what drew them to the protest at UT since they did not respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment.

Haithem Nasser El-Zabri, 59, runs the Palestine Online Store out of Pflugerville, an Austin suburb. 

His social media is filled with his support to Gaza and even confrontations with others over his unbridled support for the cause. 

He's been previously charged with battery and deceptive practices in Illinois. 

Another arrestee, Jessica Erin Ennis, 37, also has a rap sheet. 

Aside from her arrest on Monday for criminal trespassing, she has a 2015 charge for resisting arrest. 

Tessa Mitternoff, 29, is an activist who works for MOVE Texas, a liberal organization who helps to register new voters, according to her LinkedIn account. 

‘It’s a lazy media narrative just to say, "It’s the students vs the cops" because then you have the immediate reference to Vietnam protests that every Boomer is still in love with, but I think that this is a very different situation,' Loewy added.

Weapons, including five-gallon buckets filled with rocks, where found on the University of Texas at Austin campus Monday after protests 

Additionally, the university found weapons strategically left on campus after Monday's protest. 

They included guns, buckets of large rocks, bricks, steel enforced wood planks, mallets and chains.

'On Saturday, the University received extensive online threats from a group organizing today's protests. These threats have been reported to local, state and federal law enforcement,' the school explained.

Texas Congressman Tony Gonzales is pushing for the Biden Administration to revoke the student visa of any college kid who may be advocating for terrorist organizations, like Hamas, at these rallies. 

‘These people need to be held accountable, and if they’re here in a student visa, their a--es need to be sent home,' the Republican said. 

He added that Americans need to be vigilant of who might exploiting political strife in the US during an election year. 

‘Those folks who are parachuting are essentially there just to stir things up,' Gonzales stated.

'I cannot help but think, who would want the United States to be in internal turmoil than China and Russia— these people who hate us.’