Alissa Azar on Nostr: Texas Department of Public Safety recently arrested two right-wing bloggers riding in ...
Texas Department of Public Safety recently arrested two right-wing bloggers riding in a caravan with a NC militia near Eagle Pass after finding a plastic bag containing a “white powdery substance,” marijuana, and THC edibles in their Mercedes SUV, which also reeked of cannabis, per a police report. April Sparks and Jerry Pena were traveling with the United Patriot Party of North Carolina, who had allegedly pointed guns at migrants, according to DPS.
DPS troopers arrived to investigate reports from an FBI surveillance plane that migrants were possibly being held at gunpoint, per the report. Members of the United Patriot Party of North Carolina, who were out patrolling with Sparks and Pena, were not arrested that day, though one man with the group, Jeremy Allred, was stopped and had multiple guns in his possession, according to the DPS report. Allred has a prior conviction for domestic assault, and he admitted to police that he “did brandish a rifle in the presence” of migrants.
- via Francesca D’Annunizo for the Texas Observer
https://www.texasobserver.org/celeste-sparks-pena-ahuyon-bloggers-eagle-pass/
DPS troopers arrived to investigate reports from an FBI surveillance plane that migrants were possibly being held at gunpoint, per the report. Members of the United Patriot Party of North Carolina, who were out patrolling with Sparks and Pena, were not arrested that day, though one man with the group, Jeremy Allred, was stopped and had multiple guns in his possession, according to the DPS report. Allred has a prior conviction for domestic assault, and he admitted to police that he “did brandish a rifle in the presence” of migrants.
- via Francesca D’Annunizo for the Texas Observer
https://www.texasobserver.org/celeste-sparks-pena-ahuyon-bloggers-eagle-pass/