Larry Hopkins, 69, was in a hospital with broken ribs after being attacked on Tuesday at the Dona Ana County Detention Center in Las Cruces in southern New Mexico, attorney Kelly O’Connell said. A spokeswoman for the Dona Ana County center did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) last week accused Hopkins’ group of being a fascist, white nationalist militia illegally detaining and kidnapping Central American families seeking asylum. So, if he gets put into jail and is immediately attacked after his first hearing just a few days after being put in there, can Dona Ana County correctional protect high-profile defendants?” O’Connell asked. But a spokesman for his UCP paramilitary group said he believed it was because of his activity at the border.

Source: Huffington Post April 24, 2019 16:52 UTC