- Day Nine and illegal alien apprehensions are still way
down. Locally, traffic has shifted away from the Naco Line, moving eastwards
towards Douglas and westward to the Huachuca Mountains and beyond to the
San Rafael Valley. There are also reports of more traffic heading towards
Nogales and the Tohono Oíodham reservation.
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- There were a couple of good sized groups passing through
the Huachucas overnight. Some were nabbed by the Border Patrol immediately
after detection, with stragglers appearing throughout the day. Most were
reportedly from Michoacan, west of Mexico City. One alien was seen to toss
a cell phone into the brush and it was later recovered; the call history
may be interesting. The last three stragglers made it back to the highway
about lunchtime and were spotted, reported, and picked up by the Border
Patrol. One of the agents told us later that these three were Guatamalan.
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- The morning was bizarre. Before I arrived on site, I
found two young females (16-20 years old) frantically trying to flag down
any ride they could find. Their coyote had abandoned them in the middle
of the night and in the middle of nowhere. I called it in and waited about
200 yards away. By luck there was a deputy sheriff and a border patrol
unit close by and they responded within a couple of minutes. The girls
were tired, cold, hungry, dehydrated ñ and terrified. I wanted that
coyoteís hide.
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- The morning went from bizarre to unreal within an hour.
Chris Simcox and I were conferring on the dayís outposts when our
scanners picked up message traffic on a group of 20+ illegals ñ
all of them young females ñ spotted 16 miles north of the border.
My guess is that it took them at least two days (possibly three) to reach
that point, as the trails do not run in a straight line and cannot be traveled
openly. Finding that many women in one group with no men is unheard of.
The Border Patrol did a thorough ground/air search of the surrounding area
and found no sign of anyone bearing a Y-chromosome. No other details available
at this time.
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- There was a small brushfire of ìundeterminedî
origin in the upper end of Hunter Canyon late this afternoon, so the night
shift may see some more traffic later tonight.
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- Tomorrow could be interesting, so watch this space.
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- [read on, below...]
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- We haven't seen those 500 extra agents yet. They are
supposed to be phased in over the next few months. The Mexican military
and Grupo Beta are concentrated near Naco and Douglas. My bet is that these
young ladies came though Garden Canyon in the Huachuca Mountains, crossed
the southern end of Fort Huachuca, then followed one of two arroyos through
Sierra Vista that lead directly to the area where they were found. If I'm
right, they probably spent Friday daytime sleeping in a storm culvert less
than half a mile from my house. From there it's only about 6 miles through
the arroyo to where they were found.
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- The coyotes ["handlers" who are payed to ferry
illegals across the border] usually bolt at the first sign of trouble.
A lot of their clientele are so naive that they think Phoenix is just a
short taxi ride from the border instead of 200 miles away.
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- Our friend "idratherbepainting" has them show
up at her front gate frequently. If they ask her to call a taxi she punches
in 432-5121 then passes them the phone. That's the number to the Naco Border
Patrol Station.
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- About 80% are using coyotes. The network is more highly
sophisticated than you can imagine and generates over $8 billion in profits
annually. A drop in the bucket compared to the narco trade, but not chump
change. About a third of that $8 billion is re-invested in bribes on both
sides of the border.
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- Popular new bumper sticker in Cochise County:
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- Don't worry about the Minutemen...
George III didn't like them either
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- A 'MinuteWoman' Frontline Report
- From SIANews.com
- 4-11-5
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- I was on the Naco, Arizona/Mexican border 6am - 2pm daily
from Sunday to Wednesday, with two other Minutewomen and two Minutemen.
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- Below is the story a rancher's wife told me, who lives
on 800 acres of land, in the family since the 1880s. Their ranch begins
at the Mexican border.
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- Her name is Robin. She and her husband, Edward, have
four children. They came to our Minuteman post requesting that Minutemen
be stationed on their nearby property. Robin said she hears gunshot every
night on her ranch. Has no idea exactly where it is coming from. Since
the Minutemen arrived, she claims the gunshots have stopped.
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- Recently, a drunken illegal alien wandered onto their
ranch at night. She was home alone with her children. The illegal alien
pounded on their front door. Robin said she and her terrified children
crawled on their stomachs to the back of their house to get away from him.
While retelling this event, her pretty eyes were filled with both terror
and humiliation.
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- The family's ranch is stampeded by illegal crossings.
Years ago, they said their ranch was peaceful and safe. That it was rare
to see illegal crossers.
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- The husband, Edward, said he was recently on his property
and was astounded to count over 200 illegal crossers in a group nearby.
He said he called the border patrol on his cellular phone. He was told
by the woman on the phone that it was not possible to see 200 hundred crossers
because they would never cross in such a large group. As he was being told
this, the 200 were crossing right before his eyes!
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- This ranching family thanked us profusely. They said
if we needed anything - food, showers, rest - we were welcome at their
home. The gruff rancher husband had tears in his eyes when he said goodbye,
thanking us.
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- OUR MINUTEMAN TEAM
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- In our sector, teams of Minutemen from two to five set
up on a hillside along a dirt road ten paces from the border of Mexico.
I think we had a total of nine teams. Although too far to talk, you could
see a Minuteman team on either side of you. We communicated with each team
via walkie-talkie radios.
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- It was very well organized. We had a MMP supervisor driving
by periodically. Each team was encouraged to fly their state flag...
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- http://www.sianews.com/modul
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