'These individuals should not attempt to exercise authority reserved for law enforcement,' said New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas.
a member of the militia is heard yelling in Spanish,"Pistola, pistola" — Spanish for gun — at a group of migrants moments after they crossed the border at night.A member of the group then approaches a woman crouching down and covering a young child with her body, telling her,"No reason to be scared, c'mon,"
On Thursday, however, state officials publicly condemned the United Constitutional Patriots after the militia detained nearly 300 people near Sunland Park, New Mexico, at gunpoint. Like several other militia groups, the organization issued a call to members last year as a large caravan of migrants, many seeking asylum, headed toward the US.
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