A 3-year-old boy was found dead after the camp was raided last year, and now five adults are facing terror-related charges.
The squalid New Mexico compound that was raided by sheriff's deputies last year served as a terrorist training camp, authorities said for the first time on Thursday.
The Taos County Sheriff's Office raided the compound in August 2018, where they found 11 children living in filthy, makeshift rooms without food, water, or power. A 3-year-old boy was later found dead on the property, and adults who had been living there were accused of child abuse.That case failed to move forward, but the two men and three women were later arrested in connection with possessing guns and ammunition while living in the US illegally.
According to the indictment, the defendants gathered weapons and supplies at the compound, where they also built a firing range to train for an attack. Leveille and Wahhaj in particular instructed others to prepare to wage jihad and die as martyrs, while killing FBI agents, US military, and other law enforcement, the indictment stated.Prosecutors have said they were also training the children at the compound to carry out school shootings.
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