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Jason Vukovich, 43, was imprisoned for 23 years, February 2018, for a string of assault and robbery charged. It was later revealed, however, that all of Vukovich’s victims were pedophiles. Vukovich believed himself to be an “avenging angel seeking justice,” but won’t be released on parole until serving at least six years behind bars.

Vukovich, who was also a victim of sexual abuse at the hands of his stepfather when he was a child, states that he now takes “full responsibility for his actions” and signals that his crime spree–in spite of the nature of the victims–was not worth the punishment.

All the crimes took place during a five-day rampage where he used his state’s local sex offender registry list to hunt pedophiles, in June 2016. One of the victims was reported knocked out with a hammer and had his truck and laptop stolen.

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When dozens of pickup trucks crowded with armed men and mounted machine guns roared into Villa Union, residents of the small town near the U.S. border began to realize they were the target of a military-style invasion. What followed were hours-long gun battles between a cartel force estimated to number from 70 to 150 men and state police that left 23 people dead. At least 50 homes and buildings were riddled with bullet holes.

In the aftermath, authorities found about 20 abandoned vehicles, some with machine-gun turrets and welded armoring. At least four had .50 caliber mounted machine guns. Residents claimed there were at least twice that many pickups, with some escaping. The attackers split into at least two groups, and headed toward the west side of town, apparently unaware that army troops and state police had been dispatched from the nearest barracks to the westside of Villa Union.

The attackers abducted three civilians: two local firefighters and an employee of the town’s public works department. Two were later found dead. The gunmen also abducted five young men, apparently intending to use the civilians as guides to escape along the dirt roads that circle the town.

The cartel convoys ran into the state police and soldiers on the west side of town, with one especially fierce firefight breaking out near a gas station. In the ensuing firefight, residents recorded the sounds of repeated, sequential fire from assault rifles and the steady chatter of machine guns in long bursts. The gunfight lasted for an hour and a half and left four state police officers and at least nine attackers dead.

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