After the violence during their set in El Paso, death metallers Broken Hope have now been taken off the No Salvation Tour, with just two shows to go, reportedly by Deicide's Glen Benton. Broken Hope guitarist Jeremy Wagner has issued a statement on the band's Facebook page which has since been removed. Deicide still haven't commented on the matter. There are also new developments about the incident during their set at Tricky Falls. The El Paso Police arrested a 30-year-old man they allege attacked three people while inside the Tricky Falls on Tuesday night during the concert. There was a scuffle with the victims and he pulled out a box cutter and slashed them.

Broken Hope guitarist Jeremy Wagner posted the following: "El Paso... first a maniac wielding a box-cutter cuts three fans at our concert - one ear-to-ear (thankfully all the victims are going to recover), then we learned that Glen Benton is kicking us off the No Salvation Tour. It was a helluva night. Since we started this tour, we've had to endure Glen Benton's constant bitching and ultimatums. He was always trying to snip our balls and demanded that we couldn't use our fog machines and on some nights, we couldn't use our backdrops or other production elements because he had issues with all of it. With respect to the headliner, we aided. Moreover, in efforts of friendship, good tour vibes, and because we're simply cool fucking guys, we let Glen Benton and his band use OUR BACKLINE because they didn't want to bring all their gear on tour!

Specifically, we let the headliner use our cabinets and Glen Benton used our entire bass rig - head and cabinet - since his own bass head failed him early on. While we were generous with our back line, not once did Benton thank us, offer us a dime, or even lift a finger to help move anything - and he fucked up our bass head numerous times with his resetting the EQ, etc., despite us politely asking him NOT to mess with the bass tone we dialed in. Gee, with all the money and free gear Benton brags about to us daily, you'd think he'd do something about getting his own rig.

Things got ugly in El Paso when, after we learned Benton had lost our bass rig cables and once again fucked with our bass head, so, we put our foot down and told him he couldn't use the head anymore. Note: we still allowed Benton to use our cabinets for their show.

That said, Benton threw an EPIC hissy-fit and immediately kicked us off the tour! He booted Broken Hope from the tour simply because we refused to let him use our bass head! What bullshit. Now, even though that lame reason is what Benton used to get rid of us, I believe there's more to the story here. During this entire tour Benton has given BH and our crew nothing but a shitty attitude and has tried to sabotage our production every day for no good reason. Though Benton blocked us from using our fog machines, he couldn't stop us from using our professional sound man, nor stop us from giving concertgoers an amazing and high-powered show. The fact remains - as all our show attendees have seen - we fucking handed Glen Benton his ass every night of the tour and he couldn't keep up. Benton and his caravan of mini-van drivers couldn't touch our live show - even on our worst night.

Benton sent Shaun Glass a text last night, threatening to break his jaw if Shaun badmouthed Benton. Well, I'm calling Benton out right now because his bullshit is old, fake, and he ain't scaring anyone. Glen Benton is a lazy, jealous, jaded, ungrateful, unprofessional, ego maniacal bully. He menaces everyone from bands and fans, to promoters and booking agents. How he maintains a career is beyond me. And this time, he fucked with the wrong band. Karma is a bitch, Benton. On behalf of Broken Hope, I'm sorry to the fans who won't see our performances in Dallas and Austin. You all know it's not our fault.. we'd give you all a free show if we could. Thank you all for the support, for coming to our shows, for all the love you've given our Omen Of Disease album, and for understanding the bullshit and temper tantrums we've had to put up with on this tour."

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According to KVIA, Jesus Ortega, 30, has been arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, as well as multiple outstanding traffic warrants. Police say that at about 10 p.m., police arrived on the scene and found three victims with apparent cuts to their heads, neck, and chest. Club staff detained Ortega and turned him over to police.

Police say that at this time, it is not known what led to the attacks other than Ortega being involved in a scuffle inside the bar moments before he pulled out a box cutter and started to allegedly slash the three victims. All three victims were transported to area hospitals for treatment and all are expected to survive.

"Our security did a great job of responding and containing the situation, but most importantly to all of us, we hope for the speedy recovery of our guests," Tricky Falls owners told ABC-7.

"For an art show, there would be more of a visual search, although we still would need to have large bags opened to ensure that alcohol and other prohibited items were not brought into the venue," Tricky Falls owners told ABC-7. "For some genres, the search is more protracted to ensure that illicit drugs, etc. are kept out of the building, and we also do not allow large spiked jewelry, chains, or anything along those lines that might be used as a weapon. Last night there was a combination of bag searches and patdowns."

Officers have booked Ortega into the El Paso County Detention Facility. His bonds totaled: $150,686.03. This incident remains under investigation and additional charges are possible.

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