A former member of the border militia, Steven Brant, had contacted the police Department Sunland Park in new Mexico to notify them of what he called «terrorist threats» which witnesses he was. The report of the police Department Sunland Park hit the media who have already watched the border militia after its representatives April 18, kept about 200 immigration detainees, including children, at gunpoint.
After the video appeared, which shows that members of the UCP («United constitutional patriots») was posing as border patrol, that is a Federal crime, the FBI arrested the leader of the UCP Larry Mitchell Hopkins.
This is a member of the United Constitutional Patriots. He calls himself the Viper & told me he’s originally from Arizona but now lives in Magdalena, NM. “It’s my God-given right to be here,” he said. Militia»s camp is largely empty today & they’ve been told to clear out by Friday pic.twitter.com/K7j1J67JAI
— Simon Romero (@viaSimonRomero) April 23, 2019
Although the police report obtained TYT not mentioned the name of UCP, Daniel Carranco, serving Sunland Park City, TYT confirmed that UCP is a group that is referenced.
The police report contains an interview with a member of the militia by Stephen brunt, who told police that he worked there under the code name «Viper». Brant previously (before his decision to contact the police Department Sunland Park) spoke in the press, speaking in the Times, where he was an ardent supporter of UCP.
«We are here to protect Americans from illegals that violate our sovereignty,» said Brant in the Times, supporting a common view among supporters of trump.
«This is my God-given right to be here… the Boys in Washington say they do not want us to be on the spot, but none of the border patrol never told me that they don’t want our help… If you ask me, the Democrats want illegal immigration because it means more votes for them… But I took an oath to defend their country, and what is happening on the border is an invasion that threatens our people… These people [UCP] patriots, and I’m proud I’m standing next to them.»
According to the police report, the United Constitutional Patriots member who said «…Why are we not lining them up and shooting them?» was at the time armed with an AR-15 rifle while observing migrants crossing the border.https://t.co/XLUCBIAGTo pic.twitter.com/OZRDFA8tzI
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) May 7, 2019
Indeed, the report noted that UCP has the support of the border patrol, saying that Brant «was part of a group that had the guards help in the monitoring of people crossing the border illegally».
However, it now appears that Brant was disappointed. According to the police, on the night of April 24, Brant and other members of the UCP were observed abroad, when I saw how few people were passing it on the other side. Brant told police that another member of the group, whose name was Armando Delgado Gonzalez, then handed him the gun, ran to his car and grabbed the AR-15.
Brant said that he gave Gonzales back the gun and told him also to remove the weapons as they were supposed to observe and report the actions of offenders. Brant said Gonzalez then became upset and made comments about Hitler and the poisoning of their prisoners.
Brant tells the police that he was going to create a new group, «which would have followed the law.» He claims that his former colleagues spoke about immigrants with hatred and talked about the necessity of severe measures. «Put them all in a gas chamber… Why did we just arrest them and not build them up, and shoot… We have to go back to the days of Hitler and put them all in a gas chamber» — the words he allegedly heard from the members of UCP.
