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Andrew Buncombe

Idaho judge issues new arrest warrant for far-right activist Ammon Bundy

Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy announcing his campaign to become governor of Idaho, on 24 October 2018.
The anti-government activist Ammon Bundy announcing his campaign to become governor of Idaho, on 24 October 2018. Photograph: Kelsey Grey/AP

A judge in Idaho has issued a $250,000 arrest warrant for Ammon Bundy, the anti-government activist, after he repeatedly failed to show up in court.

The 48-year-old son of the controversial Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, and organiser of a takeover of an Oregon wildlife reserve that left one of his supporters dead, fell foul of the court after not attending hearings in relation to a $52.5m defamation ruling against him and his political organisation.

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