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A jury has found two police officers guilty of plotting to commit cross-border murder.

A jury has found two police officers guilty of plotting to commit cross-border murder.

Two dicks 2nd American Militia were convicted by a federal jury Thursday of conspiracy to commit murder.

Jonathan S. O’Dell, 34, of Warsaw, Moe and Brian K. Perry, 39, of Clarksville, Tennessee, planned to travel to Texas to shoot illegal immigrants crossing into the United States, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Justice. – The Mexican border and the murder of US Border Patrol agents who tried to stop them.

The press release said O’Dell and Perry were found guilty of seven counts of attempted murder of FBI special agents, seven counts of assault on FBI special agents with a deadly weapon, three counts of assault on FBI special agents , 14 counts of discharging a firearm. of promoting a crime of violence and one count of damaging federal property.

The U.S. District Court in Jefferson City, Missouri, deliberated for more than two hours before returning the guilty verdict, capping a two-week trial.

According to the press release, O’Dell and Perry are subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole and up to life in federal prison without parole.