Member of Montana Freemen from 1996 standoff dies in prison
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 16, 2021 at 2:44 pm EDT
BILLINGS, Mont. A member of the anti-government Montana Freemen who took part in the extremist group’s 81-day armed standoff with FBI agents 25 years ago has died in prison.
Russell Dean Landers, 69, died April 10 while in custody at the Federal Correctional Institution at Terre Haute, Indiana, federal officials said. No cause was provided.
His death was first reported by the Independent Record in Helena.
The Freemen were accused of organizing an assault on the nation’s banking system through the circulation of bogus financial instruments. After their leader was arrested in 1996 on fraud and conspiracy charges, Landers and others barricaded themselves into the group’s ranch in a remote area of eastern Montana.
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