The founder of a California-based neo-Nazi group was arrested this week Robert Rundo had been on the run in Eastern Europe for three years Rundo is accused of assaulting a police officer and attending the infamous 2017 Charlottesville Unite The Right rally. The leader of a bloodthirsty Southern California based neo-Nazi group was finally apprehended inside of a Romanian gym, three years after he went on the lam following his indictment on various charges including assaulting a police officer. Robert Rundo, 33, was arrested in Bucharest on March 29 by police special forces when a tipster contacted the authorities. Rundo is the founder of a group named RAM, which stands for Rise Above Movement. In addition to racist activities, its members are also passionate practitioners of MMA. The group has anywhere between 20 and 50 members. Officials in Romania said that when he was arrested, Rundo was carrying papers that identified him as Robert Lazar Pavic. It isn’t known for how long he has been in the eastern European country. In the wake of the arrest, US authorities have issued an extradition request to their Romanian counterparts. Between 2016 and 2018, Rundo is thought to have been omnipresent at various political rallies, often physically clashing with enemies and law enforcement.
siehe auch: Robert Rundo: Neo-Nazi RAM founder nabbed in ROMANIA after global manhunt spanning three years Police special forces in Bucharest arrested Robert Rundo, 33, after receiving information from an informant. The founder of a violent neo-Nazi group based in Southern California was nabbed inside a Romanian gym, after being on the run for three years, on Wednesday, March 29. Robert Rundo was indicted on several charges, including assaulting a police officer. The 33-year-old head of the infamous White supremacist group, Rise Above Movement (RAM), was charged with violence in 2017, and a US court indicted him in 2018. Although the case was dropped in 2019, a federal grand jury in Los Angeles issued a new indictment in January. (…) In August 2017, Rundo and his associates traveled to Charlottesville for the ‘Unite the Right’ demonstration with their hands taped and “ready to do street battle,” according to US Attorney Thomas Cullen, who announced the charges in 2018, as per the Daily Mail. Numerous White nationalists flocked to Charlottesville to oppose the intended removal of a statue honoring Confederate General Robert E Lee, among other things. (…) According to an FBI statement, videos showed Rundo punching counter-protesters in Huntington Beach and a police officer in Berkeley. The prosecution referred to RAM as “a combat-ready, militant group of a new nationalist white supremacy and identity movement.” Rundo was charged once again in January, which resulted in his latest arrest, as per The Daily Beast.