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Article: ANIMAL LIBERATION FRONT, EARTH LIBERATION FRONT MEMBERS INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY ON CONSPIRACY, ARSON CHARGES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 20, 2006
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The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Portland Field Office issued the following press release:
United States Attorney Karin J. Immergut announced today that a grand jury in Eugene, Oregon, has returned a 65-count indictment charging eleven (11) defendants with conspiracy and related offenses covering arsons and attempted arsons that occurred from l996 through 200l in Oregon and four other Western states. The indictment alleges that the defendants, who called themselves "The Family", acted as a cell of groups commonly referred to as the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). This case was jointly investigated by the FBI, ATF, Eugene ...