FBI Arrests Leader of Armed Civilian Group Stopping Illegal Aliens in New Mexico

Border Patrol processes 13 Guatemalans who illegally crossed the Colorado River from Mexico into the United States in Yuma, Ariz., on April 14, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

The FBI on April 20 arrested the leader of an armed civilian group that is stopping illegal aliens after they cross the U.S.–Mexico border into New Mexico.

Larry Hopkins, 69, also known as Johnny Horton, was arrested in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on a federal complaint charging him with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, according to a statement by the FBI.