Activist Scott Warren acquitted of harboring border crossers

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A jury in Arizona has acquitted an activist on charges he illegally helped two migrant men from Central America evade authorities. Dr. Scott Warren was charged with harboring for his role in providing shelter to the men who had crossed the border illegally in January 2018. The trial was the second for Warren, who maintained he was fulfilling his mission as a humanitarian when he provided basic medical care to the men. He allowed them to stay at a camp run by volunteers who rescue migrants in desert. A jury in June deadlocked on charges against him in the first trial. Prosecutors contended Warren knowingly broke the law by allowing the men to stay at the camp.

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