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Fugitive polygamist cult leader, Orson William Black, arrested after three people found dead on ranch – 15 years after he fled, evading multiple pedophile charges

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Fugitive US cult leader and polygamist&comma; Orson William Black &comma;arrested at Rancho El Negro in the state of Chihuahua in northern Mexico&comma; on Nov 5<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Mexican security forces arrested the 56-year-old alleged pedophile on the suspicion of murder after three dead bodies were found dead on his property<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Also arrested were Black&&num;8217&semi;s four wives&comma; a fifth woman described as a &&num;8220&semi;concubine&&num;8221&semi; and 26 illegal immigrants living on his property<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Mexican authorities allege Black&comma; aka &&num;8216&semi;Larry William&&num;8217&semi;&comma;  murdered three US citizens &&num;8211&semi; Jesse Barlow&comma; 23&comma; Robert Black&comma; 19&comma; and Michael Black&comma; 15 <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Their remains were found at Rancho El Negro back in September&comma; all three had been shot<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Victims didn&&num;8217&semi;t have birth certificates&comma; members of the religious community who identified the dead did not claim the bodies&comma; either<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>Orson Black fled US to Mexico 15 years ago after being charged with child sex crimes <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>In 2003 he was charged in Arizona with child abuse after two teenage girls he took as his &&num;8220&semi;brides&&num;8221&semi; became pregnant<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;080000&semi;"><strong>In addition to suspicion of triple homicide&comma; Black also faces charges of illegal possession of wildlife and human smuggling<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-280911" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;orson-william-black-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Orson William Black 1&period;png" width&equals;"581" height&equals;"721" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Mexican authorities said Orson William Black&comma; aka &&num;8216&semi;Larry William&&num;8217&semi;&comma; &lbrack;redacted&rsqb;&comma; was arrested Nov&period; 5&comma; 2017&comma; on the suspicion of murder following the deaths of three of his followers<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Law enforcement in the Mexican state of Chihuahua&comma; arrested Orson William Black&comma; 56&comma;  Nov&period; 5&comma; 2017&period; Black is a former member of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints who has been on the run from child sex abuse charges in Arizona since 2003&comma;  is currently being detained by Mexican authorities&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Orson&comma; who fled to Mexico 15 years ago after being charged with child sex crimes&comma; faces charges of illegal possession of wildlife and human smuggling&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The arrests come less than two months after 23-year-old Jesse Barlow and brothers Robert and Michael Black&comma; aged 19 and 15 respectively&comma; were shot dead at Rancho El Negro&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It is not clear if they were relatives or followers of Mr Black&comma; or if they had been taken to the property against their will&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theguardian&period;com&sol;world&sol;2017&sol;nov&sol;06&sol;orson-william-black-us-polygamist-detained-mexico-deaths-teens" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Guardian reports<&sol;a> that Orson William Black&comma; who has ties to Utah&comma; was taken into custody on Sunday following a two-day series of raids on his commune<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;cult-leader-orson-william-black-arrested&period;jpg&quest;w&equals;612" alt&equals;"Cult leader Orson William Black&comma; arrested&period;jpg" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;100 Mexican police officers combine to arrest US polygamist and sect leader Orson Black on the suspicion of murder after three people were found dead on his ranch&comma; Sunday<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Their bodies of the teen brothers and the third man were found on Rancho El Negro in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua in September&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bbc&period;com&sol;news&sol;world-latin-america-41885187" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">according to BBC<&sol;a>&period; Prosecutors said the young men were all American and may have been followers of Black&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mexican authorities caught Black&comma; in a two-day series of raids on several different homes used as the sect’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;commune”&comma; according to prosecutors&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The raids turned up a bizarre hoard of artifacts including a motley collection of 65 stuffed animals or animal heads&comma; including zebras&comma; buffaloes&comma; a lion and a bear&period;  The commune also had a collection of frozen exotic animal carcasses&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Officials said the 56-year-old man belongs to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints&comma; known for having plural marriages&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;During the investigation&comma; it was notable that the victims did not have birth certificates and that the members of the religious community who appeared to identify the dead did not claim the bodies&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the state prosecutor&&num;8217&semi;s office said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mexican authorities contacted the U&period;S&period; consulate to provide information on the group&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-280901" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;cult-leader-orson-william-black-fled-to-mexico-15-years-agoed&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Cult leader Orson William Black&comma; fled to Mexico 15 years ago&period;jpged&period;jpg" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"674" &sol;>Security forces search a trailer on Black&&num;8217&semi;s ranch in Mexico&comma; during the raid and arrests Sunday<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Authorities said Black&&num;8217&semi;s four wives were also arrested&comma; along with a woman described as a &&num;8220&semi;concubine&&num;8221&semi; and 26 illegal immigrants who were living on his property&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It&&num;8217&semi;s not clear if anyone else besides Orson is suspected of murder&period; BBC reports that the people who were living at the commune illegally could be deported&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mexican officials said the raids turned up 65 stuffed animals or animal heads and frozen animal carcasses&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Black was charged with illegal possession of wildlife and human smuggling&comma; and the Americans caught with him were turned over to immigration authorities pending possible deportation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-281028" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;11&sol;orson-william-black-4&period;png" alt&equals;"Orson William Black 4&period;png" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"469" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><strong>Orson William Black fled to Mexico  to avoid child abuse charges filed in the state of Arizona in 2003&comma;  after two teenage girls he took as his &&num;8220&semi;brides&&num;8221&semi; became pregnant<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Black has faced charges of sexual misconduct with minors in the US&comma; but fled to Mexico about 15 years ago&period; He was able to hide successfully for years in an area in the northern state of Chihuahua where foreign religious sects go unnoticed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He had previously been a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints &lbrack;FLDS&rsqb;&comma; whose former leader&comma; Warren Jeffs&comma; is serving life in prison for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took as brides&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The child abuse charges against Mr Black were brought in the state of Arizona in 2003 after two teenage girls he took as his &&num;8220&semi;brides&&num;8221&semi; became pregnant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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