Wanted KKK member nabbed in Tel Aviv

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — A Ku Klux Klan member on the FBI’s "100 Most Wanted" list was apprehended in Tel Aviv.

Micky Louis Mayon was captured Sunday by a new Israeli task force targeting illegal immigration.

Mayon is wanted in the United States for numerous violent crimes, including the burning of several vehicles belonging to federal judges. He is going through extradition proceedings.

According to intelligence received by Interpol, Mayon arrived in Israel in 2008 and had been moving frequently and changing identities to avoid apprehension.

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