Post by Logan on Feb 18, 2016 1:05:43 GMT -6
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his sons Ammon and Ryan, and two others were indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas on Wednesday in connection with the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement in Bunkerville.
Also named in the 51-page indictment were Ryan W. Payne, 32, of Montana, and Peter T. Santilli Jr., 50, of Ohio.
The five men, who face an array of felony charges, were described as the leaders of the "massive armed assault" against federal officers outside the Bundy ranch near Bunkervile on April 12, 2014. The Bundys used "deceit and deception" to lure hundreds of followers across the country to his call to arms, the indictment alleges.
The confrontation aimed to force federal officials to abandon roughly 400 cattle they had rounded up under court orders, the indictment alleges. The Bundy family had been illegally grazing cattle on federal public lands for more than 20 years.
Read more: www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/cliven-bundy-indicted-role-2014-bunkerville-confrontation
Also named in the 51-page indictment were Ryan W. Payne, 32, of Montana, and Peter T. Santilli Jr., 50, of Ohio.
The five men, who face an array of felony charges, were described as the leaders of the "massive armed assault" against federal officers outside the Bundy ranch near Bunkervile on April 12, 2014. The Bundys used "deceit and deception" to lure hundreds of followers across the country to his call to arms, the indictment alleges.
The confrontation aimed to force federal officials to abandon roughly 400 cattle they had rounded up under court orders, the indictment alleges. The Bundy family had been illegally grazing cattle on federal public lands for more than 20 years.
Read more: www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/cliven-bundy-indicted-role-2014-bunkerville-confrontation