The Bundys Are in Portland

Anti-government militants were transferred to Multnomah County Jail last night.

Bundyland has come to downtown Portland—to jail.

Anti-government militant Ammon Bundy and six of his followers who joined him in occupying a federal building in Harney County, Ore., were transferred to Multnomah County Jail last night following their arrest on a rural highway in Eastern Oregon.

"U.S. Marshals brought them up here to house for now," says Lt. Steve Alexander of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.

UPDATE, 12:11 pm: Ammon Bundy, and six fellow defendants will be arraigned at Portland's federal courthouse at 1:30 pm.

The prisoners brought to Multnomah County are:

Ammon Bundy DOB 09011975-1

* Ammon Edward Bundy, age 40, of Emmett, Idaho

Ryan C Bundy DOB 10311972-1

* Ryan C. Bundy, age 43, of Bunkerville, Nevada

Brian Cavalier DOB 05311971-1

* Brian Cavalier, age 44, of Bunkerville, Nevada

Shawna Cox DOB 08211956

* Shawna Cox, age 59, Kanab, Utah

Ryan W Payne DOB 08051983

* Ryan Waylen Payne, age 32, of Anaconda, Montana

Joseph Donald Oshaughnessy DOB 03221972

* Joseph Donald O'Shaughnessy, age 45, of Cottonwood, Arizona

Peter Santilli 04291965

* Peter Santilli, age 50, of Cincinnati, Ohio

Federal officials have offered little information about the transfer, though it obviously moves the militants away from areas of Eastern Oregon where many sympathizers remain.

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