New Mexico Mass-Killer Training Compound Suspects Charged With Terrorism, Kidnapping
The five adults found living in a makeshift New Mexico compound, where 11 emaciated children were discovered in “filthy” conditions last August, have been charged with terrorism, kidnapping, and firearms offenses, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
The two men and three woman—Jany Leveille, 36, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40, Hujrah Wahhaj, 38, Subhanah Wahhaj, 36, and Lucas Morton, 41— knowingly worked together to provide training and weapons in a plot “to kill officers and employees of the United States,” according to the superseding indictment brought by federal grand jury late Wednesday.
“The indictment alleges that the defendants conspired to provide material support in preparation for violent attacks against federal law enforcement officers and members of the military,” Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers said in press release. “Advancing beliefs through terror and violence has no place in America, and the National Security Division continues to make protecting against terrorism its top priority.”
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