Texas Seizes Polygamist Warren Jeffs' Ranch
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Source: NBCNews
The secluded Texas ranch where followers of imprisoned polygamist Warren Jeffs lived in near isolation was seized by state agents on Thursday, nearly six years after FBI agents raided the property and removed hundreds of children amid child sex abuse allegations.
The Texas Department of Public Safety said its agents took possession of the Yearning For Zion Ranch near Eldorado.
The state asked a judge to allow the forfeiture, alleging that FLDS leaders financed a $1.1 million purchase of the land in 2003 through money laundering. It also cited sexual assaults committed on the property. Under Texas law, authorities can seize property that was used to commit or facilitate certain criminal conduct. A judge granted the state's request in January.
The FBI and police stormed the compound in April 2008, amid allegations that underage girls were being forced into bigamist marriages. Authorities took 439 children into protective custody.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-seizes-polygamist-warren-jeffs-ranch-n83736
I know there are some important differences between this and the Bundy Ranch thing, but shouldn't the right wing nut folks have been upset about this, too? How dare the government come in and raid the property over the free and fair practice of religious child molesting?
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