Ammon Bundy Gives His Followers This Directive Following His Arrest

News Staff : Jan 28, 2016
CBN News

It's unclear whether the rest of Bundy's followers still holed up at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns, Oregon, are ready to heed his advice.

(Portland, OR)—[CBN News] The Oregon ranching standoff with the federal government could be coming to an end. (Screengrab via CBN News)

The group's leader, Ammon Bundy, has issued a statement telling followers to go home.

That came after Bundy and seven others were arrested Tuesday. Law enforcement agents shot and killed one of the protesters at the time they arrested Bundy.

Meanwhile, three protesters surrendered late Wednesday.

The group took over a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon to protest federal government control over land in the western U.S.

After Bundy made his first court appearance in Portland on Wednesday, his attorney, Mike Arnold, read this statement from his client: "Please stand down. Go home and hug your families. This fight is now in the courts."

It was unclear whether the rest of Bundy's followers still holed up at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns, Oregon, were ready to heed his advice.