A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ORDERED MILITIA LEADER LARRY MITCHELL HOPKINS TO REMAIN LOCKED UP FOR NOW. HOPKINS, THE COMMANDER OF THE GROUP “UNITED CONSTITUTIONAL PATRIOTS,” ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA MONDAY TO A CHARGE OF BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION.
HOPKINS WAS ARRESTED APRIL 20TH NEAR THE BORDER IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WHERE HIS GROUP WAS REPORTEDLY DETAINING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AT GUNPOINT. HE COULD GET TEN YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED.
