U.S. border vigilante held for fleeing prosecution

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HOUSTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A member of a vigilante group that monitors the U.S.-Mexico border looking for illegal immigrants is in federal custody after fleeing Texas to avoid prosecution for assault, judicial officials said on Wednesday.

Casey Nethercott, a member of the north Texas-based group Ranch Rescue, was arrested on Tuesday on a felony charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. snip

The federal charge stems from an arrest warrant issued after Nethercott failed to appear for an Oct. 22 hearing in a Hebronville, Texas, criminal court, said Herbie Silva, the district attorney of Jim Hogg County.

Nethercott and another Ranch Rescue member have been charged with holding two Salvadoran illegal immigrants at gunpoint and beating them in a rural area in March.

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1. Funny how...

The vigilantes always go too far and always lose.

On second thought, it ain't funny at all.