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Co-founders of militia group convicted of attempting to murder federal agents

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 9 November, 2024

Two men had also planned to go to Texas and kill asylum seekers as well as border agents who would try to stop them

Two men who co-founded a militia group have been convicted of attempting to murder federal agents ahead of a trip to Texas where they intended to shoot people attempting to cross the US-Mexico border.

Jonathan S O’Dell, 34, of Warsaw, Missouri, and Bryan C Perry, 39, of Clarksville, Tennessee, also planned to shoot any federal agents who tried to stop them as they targeted migrants, according to the prosecution.