FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS March 4, 2015: John Jarnecke, 72, is president of the Republic of Texas, a secessionist movement dedicated to restoring Texas as an independent constitutional republic. The members hold monthly meetings, have a president, a Congress and senators, and they minted their own coins. The group's meeting on February 14th was raided by nine law enforcement agencies, Jarnecke said, from local police to the FBI. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times