National Butterfly Center, hounded by right-wing conspiracy theories, closes

Trevino Wright had seen this before. The National Butterfly Center had been targeted for years by right-wing figures falsely claiming that human smuggling and child sex-trafficking took place on the center’s property, located near the Rio Grande in Mission, Tex. And when Trevino Wright asked Lowe and her friend to leave, telling them their agenda was “not welcome here,” Lowe told her, “I’m sorry you’re okay with children being raped and murdered,” according to audio of the Jan. 21 incident provided to The Washington Post.

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