Cika wannan jumla: Daga Janairu 2 zuwa Fabrairu 11, 2016, hedkwatar Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) a gabashin Oregon sun kasance
An kama shi kuma ya mallaki wani rukuni mai dauke da makamai, wanda daga baya aka kira Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, wanda ke da alaƙa da 'yan bindigar Amurka masu zaman kansu da kuma' yancin jama'a masu zaman kansu bayan wani zanga-zangar lumana da ta gabata don nuna rashin amincewa da hukuncin kurkuku ga masu kiwo Dwight Hammond da ɗansa, Steven Hammond, waɗanda aka yanke musu hukuncin kisa a kan ƙasa na tarayya, an yanke musu hukuncin ɗaurin shekaru biyar, kuma ya nemi jinƙai daga shugaban Amurka. Wannan mamayewar ta sami faɗakarwa sosai daga kafofin watsa labarai.