The FBI announced Friday that it had arrested all five New Mexico compound suspects, days after multiple charges
were dropped. The suspects were now being charged with violating federal firearms and conspiracy laws.

The announcement comes after local prosecutors dropped charges in the death of a 3-year-old boy at the compound
site. Taos County District Attorney Donald Gallegos said Friday his office would now seek grand jury indictments
involving the death. Gallegos said seeking indictments would allow more time to gather evidence.

"The defendants, Jany Leveille, 35, a Haitian national illegally present in the United States, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, 40,
Hujrah Wahhaj, 37, Subhanah Wahhaj, 35, and Lucas Morton, 40, are charged in a criminal complaint that was
filed earlier today in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico," the bureau said in a statement.

"The criminal complaint charges Jany Leveille with being an alien unlawfully in possession of firearms and ammunition
in the District of New Mexico from Nov. 2017 through Aug. 2018," the bureau said. "The criminal complaint charges the
other four defendants with aiding and abetting Leveille in committing the offense, and with conspiring with Leveille to
commit the offense."

On Wednesday, three of the suspects were released from custody, just hours after a judge dismissed all of the charges
against them.

District Judge Emilio Chavez on Wednesday dismissed charges against Lucas Morton, Subhannah Wahhaj and Hujrah
Wahhaj, ruling that authorities violated the state’s “10-day rule.”

Child abuse charges against them were dropped because prosecutors missed the 10-day limit for an evidentiary hearing
to establish probable cause.

During a separate hearing Wednesday, Judge Jeff McElroy dismissed the same charges against fellow defendants, Siraj
Ibn Wahhaj and Jany Leveille.

The five suspects were arrested by authorities after an Aug. 3 raid following a monthslong inquiry into the disappearance
of Abdul-ghani Wahhaj, 3. The boy, who had severe medical issues, disappeared from Georgia in December. The occupants
of the compound were "most likely heavily armed and considered extremist of the Muslim belief," an official said at the time.

Taos County Sheriff's deputies discovered 11 children at the compound, who were taken into the custody of state child
welfare workers. On Aug. 6, a child’s remains were found on the property.

Siraj Ibn Wahhaj was allegedly training children to commit school shootings, according to prosecutors, who later alleged
that the juveniles were taught how to use firearms, as well as tactical techniques, in order to kill teachers, law enforcement
and other institutions they found corrupt.

Health officials confirmed earlier this month that the discovered remains were positively identified as the 3-year-old's.

The FBI said they arrested all five suspects without incident on Friday afternoon in Taos.

Leveille faces a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years of imprisonment and deportation upon completion of her
sentence if convicted, according to the bureau.

If convicted of aiding and abetting Leveille, Leveille’s co-defendants could each face a statutory maximum penalty of
10 years of imprisonment. If convicted on the conspiracy charge, meanwhile, the five could each face a statutory penalty
of five years' imprisonment.

All five defendants are scheduled to appear in federal court in Albuquerque on Sept. 4.