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Judi Lynn

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Fri Sep 23, 2022, 03:12 AM Sep 2022

Armed Smugglers Caught on Arizona Border Trail Camera Escorting Captured Men

By Socalj 9/22/2022 10:53:00 PM

On June 11, 2022, a video was captured on a trail camera first showing two men in tan camo, carrying radios and with visible holsters, on a trail on the Arizona side of the Mexico border, close to the remote area of Arivaca which is about 11 miles from the Mexico border. The only supplies they have are carrying the drink can and bottle they are carrying.

The camera had been set up by Arizona Border Recon, a group that reportedly reports and observes illegal smugglers and migrants. Tim Foley is the founder of Arizona Border Recon and was featured in the documentary Cartel Land. He calls it an "intelligence gathering company" rather than a militia. He organizes armed patrols of the borderlands. But others including the Southern Poverty Law Center have deemed them a civilian paramilitary militia group carrying out armed border patrols.

They will usually set up the cameras near key points or near humanitarian water and food drops from the group "No More Deaths" to help track active trails being used by both illegal migrants and drug smugglers crossing the Mexican border into the Arizona desert.

More:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2022/09/armed-smugglers-caught-on-arizona.html

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