A leader of an armed militia that held hundreds of migrants at the US-Mexico border was attacked at a New Mexico detention facility, authorities said
Larry Mitchell Hopkins, the 69-year-old leader of the United Constitutional Patriots, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries after the alleged battery this week at the Doña Ana County Detention Center in Las Cruces, according to a press release from the county."He was attacked by other detainees," said Kelly Jameson, a spokeswoman with Doña Ana County."We are still conducting an investigation, but it could be possible that three other detainees were involved.
Militia that has held hundreds of migrants at the border will leave their camp, police sayThe alleged battery took place just after 9 p.m. Monday, hours after Hopkins was charged, according to officials. Hopkins was transferred out of the Doña Ana County Detention Center under the direction of the US Marshals Service on Tuesday, the statement said.
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