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CRIME HISTORY – Texas separatists surrender

By Scott McCabe
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On this day, May 3, in 1997, militant separatists claiming Texas was a sovereign nation ended a weeklong standoff in the mountains near El Paso.

Members of the so-called Republic of Texas group believed the state was illegally annexed by the United States in 1845. None of the members were native Texans.

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