Missouri man tried to kill immigrants, Border Patrol, court says [Video]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Warsaw, Missouri, man is facing life in prison after he was recently convicted of a plot to murder immigrants and Border Patrol agents at the Texas-Mexico border, according to a federal judge.

Jonathan Schmidt O’Dell, a member of a hate group he started called the “2nd American Militia,” and a Tennessee man named Bryan Perry planned to kill immigrants crossing the border and kill any officers that attempted to stop them, a press release from the United State Attorney’s Office said.

O’Dell was also found guilty of the attempted murder of FBI agents after he shot at them during his arrest, among numerous other charges.

The man made widespread Missouri news after he escaped jail in 2023. O’Dell and a second inmate escaped a jail in Rolla on Sept. 29 after breaking out of …