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Leader of self-styled U.S. citizen border patrol attacked in jail
Also: Self-styled U.S. citizen border patrol unravels after leader's arrest (Reuters)
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Source: Reuters
U.S. APRIL 24, 2019 / 8:30 AM / UPDATED 5 HOURS AGO
Leader of self-styled U.S. citizen border patrol attacked in jail
Julio-Cesar Chavez
3 MIN READ
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (Reuters) - The leader of an armed group that spent two months detaining migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, drawing condemnation from civil liberties advocates, was hospitalized after he was attacked in jail, his lawyer and authorities said.
Larry Hopkins, 69, was in a hospital with broken ribs after being attacked on Tuesday at the Dona Ana County Detention Center in Las Cruces in southern New Mexico, his attorney, Kelly O’Connell, said.
The detention center confirmed on Wednesday that Hopkins, a federal detainee, was “the alleged victim” of a Tuesday night attack and that the incident was under investigation.
“Hopkins was given medical attention for non life-threatening injuries,” county spokeswoman Kelly Jameson said in an email, adding that Hopkins had been transferred out of the jail under the direction of the U.S. Marshals Service.
The attack occurred the same day Hopkins’ United Constitutional Patriots group abandoned its border camp near Sunland Park, New Mexico, where they had spent two months detaining thousands of illegal migrants.
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Leader of self-styled U.S. citizen border patrol attacked in jail
Julio-Cesar Chavez
3 MIN READ
SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (Reuters) - The leader of an armed group that spent two months detaining migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, drawing condemnation from civil liberties advocates, was hospitalized after he was attacked in jail, his lawyer and authorities said.
Larry Hopkins, 69, was in a hospital with broken ribs after being attacked on Tuesday at the Dona Ana County Detention Center in Las Cruces in southern New Mexico, his attorney, Kelly O’Connell, said.
The detention center confirmed on Wednesday that Hopkins, a federal detainee, was “the alleged victim” of a Tuesday night attack and that the incident was under investigation.
“Hopkins was given medical attention for non life-threatening injuries,” county spokeswoman Kelly Jameson said in an email, adding that Hopkins had been transferred out of the jail under the direction of the U.S. Marshals Service.
The attack occurred the same day Hopkins’ United Constitutional Patriots group abandoned its border camp near Sunland Park, New Mexico, where they had spent two months detaining thousands of illegal migrants.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-militia/leader-of-self-styled-u-s-citizen-border-patrol-attacked-in-jail-idUSKCN1S01L3
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going to re read it.
