WILDER, Idaho — A local security owner working at La Catedral Arena during Sunday’s federal raid says he and his employees were zip-tied and detained for hours as agents moved through the property.

John Carter, owner of Security Services LLC, said it was his first year working the event. He was there with his 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son, along with five other employees.

“It was a fun event to work at,” Carter said. “It was mostly a family event — most of the people we led in were couples or people here to just watch the horse racing.”

Carter said the FBI “jumped out and put guns on me and the gentleman I was with.” He recalled telling his colleague, “Just come here, you’re not going anywhere.”

“The males in my staff were all zip tied as soon as they came on the property an

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