Authorities have arrested Mark Warren Sands in conjunction with the serial arsons, claiming that he was the man interviewed in the Phoenix New Times.  Sands was caught when defacing a sign in the preserve where many of the arsons occurred, and police used DNA evidence to link him to the claims of responsibility, in the name of CSP, sent to area newspapers.  Sands pleaded guilty to a number of charges against him, receiving 15-20 years in prison.<br />

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) -- Enemy

Despite the dissolution of the Karuna Faction as a regular military force, attacks are extremely common between the group and the LTTE. The Karuna Faction is still dedicated to the cause of the eastern Tamils and its goals of Tamil autonomy in Sri Lanka, but the LTTE accuses it of being supported by the government. This charge is denied by both the Karuna Faction and Sri Lanka. <p><br />As violence has increased in recent months on all sides, attempts to re-start the peace process have been thwarted by infighting between Karuna and the LTTE. The LTTE has demanded that the government disarm the Karuna Faction before a cease-fire, but Karuna has resisted any such calls until the LTTE lay down their arms. As such, a great deal of violence can be expected from the Karuna Faction in the future, although the majority of it will be directed against the LTTE, and not the civilian population. <br />

The Colorado 1st Light Infantry was a group of three men who formed an amateurish Patriot militia outfit in the mid 1990s in an apparent response to the 1993 Branch Davidian compound siege in Waco, Texas. <P><br /><br />The group was led by Ronald D. Cole, who had spent time with Waco survivors and had at one time fancied himself a successor to David Koresh, the Branch Davidian cult leader.  The other two members were Wally Kennett, a former member of the Branch Davidians, and Kevin Terry. <P><br /><br />Paranoid and staunchly anti-government, the Colorado 1st Light Infantry was a typical small American militia group.  Despite the fact that Colorado 1st Light Infantry had not committed any terrorist attacks, the three members were convinced that the U.S. government was watching them, and maintained a heavily armed and fortified compound in rural Colorado. <P><br /><br />In 1997, Cole moved to Denver where the trial of Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, was taking place.  Cole was a constant fixture outside the courthouse, protesting in support of McVeigh.  Cole's presence at the trial eventually provoked an investigation from the FBI, and in May of that year, his house was raided.  Authorities found a huge cache of weapons and explosives; Cole, Kennett, and Terry were all arrested on weapons charges and were sentenced to short prison terms. <br />