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dado potato
The FBI has arrested Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69 on charges of possession of firearms by a felon. In 2006 he was convicted on similar charges. He leads a group who derive some satisfaction from wearing camo, carrying semi-automatic rifles, and "detaining" illegal immigrants near the southern border. The US Customs and Border Protection officially deny that they work with any militia or vigilante organization. But Hopkins claims that his group has detained and handed people over to CBP officers. He has argued that it is not kidnapping, because the people he detained were in the US illegally.
He has not been charged with kidnapping.