Mistrial declared in Nevada rancher’s standoff with federal government

Ammon Bundy, left, hugs is aunt Lillie Spencer outside of a federal courthouse in Las Vegas after U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro declared a mistrial in the case against Cliven Bundy, his sons Ryan and Ammon Bundy.

Rancher Cliven Bundy, 67, looks over the Virgin River on some of his 150 square miles of property in Bunkerville, Nevada on August 20, 2013.

The Bundy family and their supporters fly the American flag as their cattle is released by the Bureau of Land Management back onto public land outside of Bunkerville, Nev.

Rancher Cliven D. Bundy, 67, is reflected in a mirror that rests on a mantle place in his home in Bunkerville, Nevada.

Army Veteran Jason Bullock, left, Booda, middle, and “Socks,” right, volunteer as a “personal security” guard standing at the entrance to Cliven Bundy’s ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada July 30, 2014.

Jerry DeLemus, a 59-year-old self employed construction man from Rochester N.H., has been appointed the commander of a camp where armed supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy live and patrol his ranch and cattle in April 2014.