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U.S. NEWSFriday 12 February 2016
Last Holdouts in Oregon Standoff Surrender
Continued from Front Rancher Cliven Bundy stands along the road near his ranch in round up Bundy cattle from were scheduled to be ar-
Bunkerville, Nev. Bundy, the father of the jailed leader of the Or- federal rangeland. raigned Friday in Portland.
On Thursday, the elder egon refuge occupation, and who was the center of a standoff It was not immediately The holdouts and 12 oth-
Bundy was charged in the with federal officials in Nevada in 2014, was arrested in Portland clear if he had a lawyer ers connected with the
standoff from two years on Wednesday, Feb. 10,, the FBI said Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. ahead of a court appear- Oregon occupation have
ago. Federal authorities ance in Portland. been charged with con-
may have feared Bundy’s (AP Photo/John Locher) Federal authorities say the spiracy to interfere with
presence would draw sym- Bundy family has not made federal workers.
pathizers to defend the payments toward a $1.1 The occupiers were
holdouts. million grazing fee and 27-year-old David Fry of
The 69-year-old Bundy was penalty bill. Blanchester, Ohio; Jeff
charged with conspiracy, The FBI said the final four Banta, 46, of Elko, Nevada;
assault on a federal offi- occupiers were arrested as and married couple Sean
cer, obstruction, weapons they walked out of the ref- Anderson, 48, and Sandy
charges and other crimes. uge to the FBI checkpoint. Anderson, 47, of Riggins,
He’s accused of leading No one was injured and no Idaho.
supporters who pointed shots fired. The FBI began moving in
military-style weapons at Federal authorities were Wednesday evening, sur-
federal agents trying to criticized during the oc- rounding their encamp-
enforce a court order to cupation for not ending it ment with armored vehi-
sooner. But some experts cles. Over the next several
said the FBI’s strategy of let- hours, the occupiers’ panic
ting the tensions die down and their negotiation with
before moving in ensured FBI agents could be heard
there would be no blood- live on the Internet, broad-
shed. cast by a sympathizer of
“This was beautifully exe- the occupiers who estab-
cuted,” said Brian Levin, a lished phone contact with
criminal justice professor at them.
California State University, Fry, an Ohio resident, said
San Bernardino. “This siege he was declaring war
and the way it was han- against the federal gov-
dled will go down in law ernment. The Andersons
enforcement textbooks.” and Banta surrendered first
It was unclear what effect on Thursday. Fry initially re-
the occupiers’ presence fused to join them.
had on the refuge or any “I’m making sure I’m not
of its archaeological arti- coming out of here alive,”
facts. Videos posted on- he said at one point in the
line showed members of Thursday livestream, threat-
the armed group exploring ening to kill himself. “Lib-
buildings at the site and erty or death, I take that
criticizing the way tribal ar- stance.”
tifacts were stored there. After ranting for a while, he
Outside, the videos some- too surrendered.
times showed group mem- A Nevada lawmaker was
bers in tents or gathered key in getting them to give
around a campfire, driv- up. Michele Fiore is also a
ing vehicles and setting up friend of the Bundy family.
barricades. They erected She came to Portland on
a canopy next to a pick- Wednesday to show sup-
up truck and an old car port for Ammon Bundy.
and put camping chairs When she heard the FBI
and coolers around it. The had surrounded the ref-
area appeared strewn uge, she called into the on-
with plastic water bottles, line talk show to try to calm
cardboard boxes, clothes, down the occupiers.
packages of bullets and Fiore rushed to Burns to help
beer cans. negotiate a peaceful sur-
The last four occupiers render of the occupiers.q
