Posted on 04/21/2019 3:59:10 AM PDT by Mozilla
The FBI arrested a 69-year-old New Mexico man who allegedly illegally detained immigrants crossing the border under the guise of working for the United States Border Patrol.
Larry Mitchell Hopkins, who runs The United Constitutional Patriots (UCP), an armed border militia group that spreads far-right conspiracies and rounds up asylum seekers on the border, was arrested by FBI in New Mexico Saturday on charges of possessing firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon.
Recent video footage released by UCP shows two members holding what appear to be semi-automatic rifles near immigrants, many of them children.
The group also peddles conspiracy theories and produces a radio show where members spread information about QAnon, and accuse migrants of associating with ISIS. Hopkins has also claimed that president Trump has personally asked him about ‘Muslim immigration.’
UCP and Hopkins claim to work with Border Patrol, which has publicly denied doing so. Border Patrol agents sometimes appear in the periphery of the groups videos, which show camo-clad UCP members interacting with migrants at the southern border.
“There’s no question about whether or not we work with Border Patrol,” said Jim, a UCP spokesperson who declined to give his last name. “That’s all documented, and not just once. It’s documented hundreds and hundreds of times over in the videos that I post.”
“U.S. Customs and Border Protection does not endorse private groups or organizations taking enforcement matters into their own hands,” a Border Patrol official told The Daily Beast.
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Smells like BS
More fuel for the left radicals and their white supremacist narrative.
I bet he was a Christian/American White Supremacist.
69 year old guy pops on the radar today?
We simply cannot have armed white men running around doing jobs the government won’t do. Just can’t have it. Anyone still think this is “our” FBI? LOL.
White people with guns is white supremacy in their otherwise empty heads.
Bingo
The words in the article lean towards that but the hand writing is on the wall. The US Government along with CoC do NOT want our borders secured.
We saw this coming under Obama where the word was out that our little band of brothers were going to be targeted by DHS. Even though, we worked with CSO, DEA and BP openly and with their consent in S. Texas.
You can bet this guy will have the worse side of his org shown to the public but like other like minded Patriots, there is good in what they are doing.
Its all true.
If only the federal bureau of incompetents put the same effort into detaining illegal invaders as they do detaining citizens defending the country.
Illegally detained Illegal immigrants?
He was arrested on an unrelated gun possession charge.
Yeah, this old fart was a danger. The people he was involved in detaining are not a danger.
The FBI is a threat to freedom. It’s petty, vindictive, and dishonest.
The verbiage of this screed indicates it was written by complete leftards. I stopped reading after the first two sentances.
Looks like the real energy on the border lies in the Federal government protecting illegals on their way into the country.
Meanwhile in Texas
U.S. Soldiers Are Disarmed, Held At Gunpoint By Mexican Troops In Texas 4-20-2019
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3743504/posts
The FBI is a hyper-political GESTAPO of zampolits charged with enforcing an American NOMENKLATURA system.
This man was a member of the WRONG TRIBE.
Build the WALL!
this man was trying to be a piece in the wall.
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