THE FIVE TAOS COUNTY COMPOUND SUSPECTS ENTER NOT GUILTY PLEAS TO TERRORISM CHARGES DURING ARRAIGNMENT IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE GROUP IS ACCUSED OF CONSPIRING TO PLAN ATTACKS AGAINST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THEY WERE ARRESTED IN AUGUST AFTER THEIR COMPOUND NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER WAS RAIDED.
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, DEFENSE ATTORNEYS CLAIM THEIR CLIENTS ARE ONLY BEING CHARGED BECAUSE THEY’RE MUSLIMS. 11 MALNOURISHED CHILDREN WERE ALSO FOUND ON THE COMPOUND…ALONG WITH THE BODY OF A THREE YEAR OLD BOY…THE SON OF ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS.
