Self-styled US border patrol 'militia' unravels after leader's arrest

Carrying semi-automatic rifles and wearing black ski masks, UCP members claimed to have detained some 5,600 migrants in the past 60 days, most of them Central American families seeking asylum, before handing them over to the US Border Patrol.

El Paso sector Border Patrol spokesperson Ramiro Cordero declined to comment beyond a statement released by US customs and border protection that the agency did not support US citizens taking law enforcement into their own hands. The UCP's numerous online videos show members stopping migrant groups, sometimes in the hundreds, herding them and telling them to sit and wait for Border Patrol agents to arrive.

"We try, with a verbal command, to stop them running, because we've seen women with babies in backpacks jump down that rock hill next to the railroad tracks," Benvie said. But he said the group tried to trap migrants who did run, suspecting them of being criminals.

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