Arizona authorities have launched an urgent manhunt for a suspect who allegedly threatened to shoot Donald Trump during a trip to the border on Thursday.
Ronald Lee Syrvud, 66, is wanted in connection with an alleged assassination plot planned for the former president’s visit to a vulnerable stretch of the southern border in Cochise County, Arizona.
It comes six weeks after an assassination attempt on Trump’s life saw a bullet hit the former president’s ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Police said Syrvud has several other warrants out for his arrest on separate charges, including for a DUI and failure to appear in court in Wisconsin, and for failure to register as a sex offender and felony hit and run in Arizona.
Ronald Lee Syrvud, 66, is being sought by Arizona authorities in connection with an alleged assassination plot on Donald Trump
It comes six weeks after an assassination attempt on Trump’s life saw a bullet graze the former president’s ear during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania
Syrvud is described as six-feet-tall, 220 pounds, and wearing glasses. His last known address is listed as Benson, Arizona.
The planned attempt on Trump’s life was allegedly intended for his trip to the border to Sierra Vista, in a spot where his campaign has already traveled to.
Trump’s running mate JD Vance toured Sierra Vista three weeks ago, where he highlighted security concerns in the mountainous region and branded it a ‘smuggler’s paradise.’
Arizona officials said they believe Syrvud is at large in the border region, and are urgently attempting to locate him ahead of Trump’s visit.
Ahead of his trip to the area, Trump said on Truth Social on Wednesday that he would be addressing ‘the plague of migrant crime that so-called Border Czar, comrade Kamala Harris has unleashed on America.’
DailyMail.com has contacted the Trump campaign for comment, and it is not immediately clear if the campaign plans to cancel or postpone the trip to the border.
The alleged plot was set to take place at Sierra Vista, Arizona, where Trump’s running mate JD Vance toured just three weeks ago (pictured on the trip)
On the trip to the border, Vance highlighted security concerns around the area where the alleged plot on Trump’s life was said to have been planned, branding the region a ‘smuggler’s paradise’
Secret Service agents raced to the stage and bundled Trump to the floor on July 13
When Vance toured Sierra Vista three weeks ago, he tore into Vice President Kamala Harris as a ‘failed Border Czar’ and blamed her for the migrant crisis.
The Ohio senator also highlighted security concerns at the ‘smuggler’s paradise’, around the area where the alleged plot on Trump’s life was said to have been planned.
The area poses a number of security concerns, as it is largely mountainous and has treacherous terrain, allowing vantage points for smugglers and cartel traffickers to avoid detection.
‘It’s unbelievable what we’re letting happen at the southern border, and it’s because Kamala Harris refuses to do her job,’ Vance said at the time.