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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: Minuteman Project: Day Nine [on-scene report] 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 O’odham reservation. 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. 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 – and terrified. I wanted that coyote’s hide. The morning went from bizarre to unreal within an hour. Chris Simcox and I were conferring on the day’s outposts when our scanners picked up message traffic on a group of 20+ illegals – all of them young females – 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. There was a small brushfire of “undetermined” origin in the upper end of Hunter Canyon late this afternoon, so the night shift may see some more traffic later tonight. Tomorrow could be interesting, so watch this space. *** [read on, below...] 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. *** 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. 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. 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. *** Popular new bumper sticker in Cochise County: Don't worry about the Minutemen...George III didn't like them either
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
Oh shit! That's a great quote.
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