A Colorado teen was arrested while trying to board an international flight at Denver International Airport on Friday for “attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.”

The Justice Department on Monday said 18-year-old Davin Daniel Meyer “pledged an oath of allegiance to the leader of ISIS and intended to travel to serve as a fighter for ISIS in Iraq,” according to an affidavit supporting the charges.

The criminal complaint stated the FBI was alerted by an individual who observed Meyer develop “radical Islamic beliefs” as he “sought out … extremist videos and content online and openly discussed his violent intentions.” Meyer communicated about his travel plans with an FBI informant whom he believed to be an ISIS facilitator.

Americans have been arrested for attempting to join ISIS before. A Mississippi couple in 2016 were both convicted of attempting to join ISIS, masking their trip abroad as a honeymoon. A New York man was arrested on similar charges in 2017, and a U.S. soldier pleaded guilty in 2018 to providing classified documents to the terrorist group.

While ISIS has lost nearly all of its Middle Eastern territory, cells of the terrorist group remain in the region. Conflict arose last year at a Syrian prison after ISIS terrorists attempted to free their fellow militants but were defeated by a Syrian militia.

The FBI Denver Field Office is investigating Meyer’s case and an assistant U.S. attorney from the Colorado district is prosecuting.

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