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Man Commits Murder in SLC — Then Fesses Up to Bringing a Gun to the Capitol Riots, But Was Never Arrested by FBI

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There is no question that there are very few jobs that are more difficult than law enforcement and the United States federal law enforcement agencies are some of the world’s most elite, but to see a story where the FBI failed to arrest, or even question, one of the few rioters who might well have been armed during the riot, and have that guy go on to murder someone, well – that is depressing. And though it doesn’t characterize the entire group, it shows that there were some real bad guys there on January 6th.

It sounds like that is exactly what happened with respect to a Utah MAGA. From KSL.com:

Six months before stabbing a man to death in Liberty Park in a dispute over money, it appears that a Salt Lake man may have traveled to Washington and participated in the U.S. Capitol riot while armed with a gun.

But despite published photos that appear to show him at the Capitol that day displaying a weapon, despite tips sent to the FBI about him and despite the fact that he told police he was part of the mob that went inside the Capitol that day, the Utah man has not been arrested or charged in connection with the riot and it’s unknown whether he has even been questioned by the FBI.

Online sleuths believe they have identified John Banuelos in photos published by the FBI from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The man is pictured in FBI photos with a handgun in his waistband.

Given the fact that many judges are withholding bail from the most dangerous rioters, awaiting trial, it is too bad that this man had not been arrested. He might be in jail and his victim still alive.

Banuelos appears to be the man in front wearing the cowboy hat:

How awful is this…had the FBI only caught him earlier…

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Jason Miciak is a political writer, features writer, author, and attorney. He is originally from Canada but grew up in the Pacific Northwest. He now enjoys life as a single dad raising a ridiculously-loved young girl on the beaches of the Gulf Coast. He is very much the dreamy mystic, a day without learning is a day not lived. He is passionate about his flower pots and studies philosophical science, religion, and non-mathematical principles of theoretical physics. Dogs, pizza, and love are proof that God exists. "Above all else, love one another."

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