A look at Alamo bust, two years later

By: Lynn LaRowe - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Tanner Spendley. FBI agents executed search warrants at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound Sept. 20, 2008, in Fouke, Ark. That night, six girls ages 10 to 17 who had been living in Tony Alamo’s house were placed in state care amid allegations of physical and sexual abuse.

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Two years ago today, a long line of Arkansas State Police cruisers and shiny, black, unmarked sedans snaked along U.S. Highway 71 toward Tony Alamo Christian Ministries in Fouke, Ark.

It was controversial evangelist Tony Alamo’s 74th birthday.

FBI agents and state police invest...

Published: 09/20/2010