Ex-Marine arrested in connection to left-wing terrorist group plotting attack in New Orleans

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The FBI arrested another suspected member of the Turtle Island Liberation Front over allegations that he was plotting a terrorist attack in Louisiana. 

Micah James Legnon, 29, “intended to travel to New Orleans to carry out an attack by means of weapons,” an FBI agent wrote in an affidavit. He is being charged with one count of making threats in interstate commerce. 

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