THE LEADER OF THE MILITIA GROUP THAT DETAINED IMMIGRANTS CROSSING THE BORDER WITH NEW MEXICO IS ARRESTED IN SUNLAND PARK. SIXTY-NINE YEAR OLD LARRY MITCHELL HOPKINS IS ACCUSED OF DETAINING SCORES OF IMMIGRANTS AT GUNPOINT. HE WAS ARRESTED THIS PAST SATURDAY BY THE FBI.
HOPKINS IS CHARGED WITH BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION. HE FACED A SIMILAR CHARGE IN OREGON IN 2006. HE’S SCHEDULED IN U-S DISTRICT COURT IN LAS CRUCES MONDAY.
HOPKINS IS THE LEADER OF UNITED CONSTITUTIONAL PATRIOTS, A GROUP SAID TO BELIEVE IN THE CONSTITUTION AND THE RIGHTS OF AMERICANS . ROUGHLY 200 MIGRANTS WERE DETAINED BY THE GROUP LAST WEEK NEAR SUNLAND PARK. THEY WERE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE U-S.
