Florida Nazis received training for ‘Race war’ from members of Missouri National guard
US Soldier Trained Neo-Nazis in Florida for “Race War”
The 10 members of a Florida-based neo-Nazi militant group arrested last week received training in close-quarters combat and other Army-approved tactics from a member of the US Army National Guard, according to court filings.
The co-conspirators, alleged to be members of the violent white-power American Front, face felony charges for hate crimes, paramilitary training, and preparing for a coming “race war” against blacks, Jews, and immigrants at a fortified compound in the marshlands of St. Cloud, Florida, just south of the amusement-park haven of Orlando. A short paragraph buried in the group’s arrest affidavit shows a disturbing link between the Florida gang and a US military employee:
Missouri National Guard Probes Claims of Neo-Nazis in Ranks
The Missouri National Guard is investigating a new claim that its ranks are infiltrated with neo-Nazis – this time a ‘patched member’ of the violent American Front, whose members stand accused of plotting violence in Florida.
The inquiry comes after the Missouri Legislature conducted a hearing in April to look into how the Guard took more than a year to process three complaints about another guardsmen who was an admitted neo-Nazi.
In the American Front case, a Missouri Guard member identified as Ryan Riley provided firearms and military combat training to members of the white supremacist, militia-style group, including ex-cons, last summer in Florida, court documents allege.
‘In July of 2011, Ryan Riley who is a patched member of the AF Missouri chapter was present at an AF compound in north Florida,’ the Florida court documents, which just came to light, say. ‘Riley is also a member of the United States National guard.’