Larry Mitchell Hopkins appears in a police booking photo taken at the Dona Ana County Detention Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S., April 20, 2019. Picture taken April 20, 2019. Dona Ana County Detention Center/Handout via REUTERS
(Reuters) - The leader of an armed group that stopped migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border has sought a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is competent to stand trial in New Mexico on a weapons charge.
A federal judge in Albuquerque will hold a hearing on July 15 to consider the request from an attorney for Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 70, leader of the United Constitutional Patriots.
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