The ex-wife of imprisoned leader Stewart Rhodes fears a potential presidential pardon could endanger her family.

A Texas militia member, the first to be convicted for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, was given a lighter sentence because of the Supreme Court's narrowing of an obstruction charge that was used against 300 rioters.

Experts are predicting increased civilian patrols, deputizations, and vigilante actions on U.S. borders

Thomas Homan, Trump's "border czar," recently acknowledged significant civilian interest in supporting deportation efforts: "there's a lot of good patriots"

The two men were arrested in late 2022 and were indicted last year by a grand jury in Missouri

When a group of armed individuals confronted FEMA workers in Tennessee, a local volunteer diffused the tension, inspiring protesters to return with donations.

The protests are the result of a growing anger against the government for relentless attacks linked to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) militia who regularly target Burkinabe forces and civilians.

An Air Force sergeant accused of killing two law enforcement officers in California last year is a trusted affiliate of a rightwing militia called the Grizzly Scouts that devised attacks against law enforcement, reports suggested on Monday.

Machete-wielding ISIS fanatics have ambushed a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 22 people on Tuesday evening, three weeks after the military proclaimed martial law in the area due to rising tensions with the Allied Democratic Forces.

Mexican activists, former militia leaders and civil-society groups met in Mexico City to talk about ways that citizens can organize to provide services from public security to safe passage for migrants to poverty relief in regions where government is often absent.

Michoacán militia members will join one of two security forces in the state.

Estanislao Beltrán, who will take over spokesman duties for the militias' council, said Mireles was ousted after a vote involving over three dozen groups from around the state.

Mexican self-defense militias began registering their weapons today in the first step of a transition which will see many members legitimized.

The Mexican government says the time for dialogue with the Regional Coordinator of Community Authorities (CRAC) – an association of community defense militias – has passed, and that its members must obey the law.

Shotguns, t-shirts and radios are being distributed among women in one Mexican village which has seen itself besieged by organized crime. The women, who have banded together in an attempt to help safeguard their community, make up what many are calling the first all-women community self-defense group in Mexico.

Civilian self-defense militias in Michoacan are now disarmed, says the governor of the Mexican state. But in a June video, one militia member said the reasons why the group formed in his town had a lot to do with the inability of the government to keep them safe.

Maduro's announcement comes amid rumors of conspiracies in the military and corruption schemes in Parliament.

As part of an effort to crack down on vigilante militias, the Mexican government has in some cases tried to bring them on board as a branch of local law enforcement.