Two top leaders of a fundamentalist plural-marriage sect living in a commune-style compound called Bountiful in British Columbia have been arrested and charged with practicing polygamy. The criminal charges against the men are a first in Canada.
Fugitive polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted List for three months, was arrested on an interstate highway north of Las Vegas, Nevada, August 28.
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