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Washington, Sep 30.- Christopher Worrell, a member of the far-right organization Proud Boys, who disappeared days before being sentenced for the attack on the United States Capitol, was captured by federal agents, media reported.
According to reports, Worrell, 52, was found unconscious on the kitchen floor of his home in Naples, Florida, and was taken to a hospital, where he is still receiving care.
Night vision goggles, $4,000 in cash and survival equipment were seized from his home, the Tampa local office said in a statement.
Worrell, who had been under house arrest since November 2021, was convicted earlier this year of seven charges related to those violent events, including assaulting a group of Capitol Police officers with pepper spray and lying to investigators.
Judge Royce Lamberth issued the arrest warrant against him after he disappeared less than a week before his sentencing, which was set for August 18.
The prosecutor's request was 14 years in prison for Worrell, for conspiring with other Proud Boys to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election, which Democrat Joe Biden won.
According to the investigation, he arrived at the Capitol ready for battle. It is currently unclear whether this incident will affect his future sentencing.
Dozens of supporters of then-President Donald Trump linked to the Proud Boys were charged in connection with the assault on the legislative complex on January 6, 2021, an action that left five dead and more than 140 police officers injured.
Enrique Tarrío, the group's former leader, and three other Proud Boy leaders were convicted of seditious conspiracy in May.
Tarrío's 22-year prison sentence is the longest handed down in connection with the attack, the worst against the heart of US democracy, they say.
In total, more than 1,100 participants in the insurrection were charged in the country.
Trump even hinted that he will pardon those who were in the riot that day, if he wins the presidential elections in 2024. (Text and photo: PL)
