Tuesday, July 25, 2006

JJ'S Report on the Campo Fire

The fire now burning in San Diego County (largest fire in the state
currently) is approaching Potrero from the northwest. Winds are
very light at the present time, so fire is not currently a threat,
unless the winds increase this afternoon. I just got off the phone
from talking to Ken H.(one of the local Minutemen who lives in
Potrero). Ken said he has already evacuated his wife and horses,
and has his other vehicles loaded, ready to leave if given final
evacuation orders. I told him to let me know if he needs help, and
I'd be there in about two hours or so. He said he really
appreciated that, and that you sure meet the best people while being
a MM.
I first spoke to Kingfish yesterday, about the fire, he was in L.A.
at his wife's house. He had just participated in the rally to
support the LAPD for their excellent work in handling the MM March
in Hollywood a couple of weeks ago.
Ken H. told me the fire is currently about 5 miles away, and burning
very slowly on a southeasterly course, which would take it near Lake
Morena off Buchman Springs Road.
Ken H. climbed one of the high peaks in the area and counted 11
different hot spots in the fire, so it's still 95 % out of control!
Checkstand is in town with car trouble. Ridgerunner, Little Dog,
Gadget Dan, and Rascal were on the "line" this past weekend.
Will keep you all posted as these historical events unfold.

J J

Fire Near Campo Started By Ilegal Immigrants

Socal Wildfire Grows To More Than 15,000 Acres

POSTED: 9:58 am PDT July 25, 2006

ALPINE -- Fire officials were seeking additional manpower Tuesday to battle a 15,400-acre wildfire near the California-Mexico border as crews braced for another round of triple-digit temperatures.

The Horse Fire has burned 24 square miles of brush and chaparral in the Cleveland National Forest in southern San Diego County. About 780 firefighters have been assigned to the blaze, which was only 5 percent contained Tuesday and burning in a largely unpopulated area.

Several lightning-sparked wildfires have scorched the state in recent weeks, straining resources. Firefighters trying to contain the Horse Fire were awaiting relief from crews and equipment tied up elsewhere.

"We're really strapped right now," said U.S. Forest Service spokesman Jake Rodriguez. "We're putting in orders for more men and more air support, and we're just waiting for them to be released."

Authorities were still investigating the cause of the blaze, which may have been started Saturday by an abandoned campfire set by illegal immigrants.

Forest Service spokeswoman Anabele Cornejo said investigators found food containers and bottles off a park trail, where the fire began.

"Based on collected evidence, we're making an educated guess that it was probably started by immigrants," Cornejo said. She said she did not immediately know whether anyone was detained in connection with the fire.

About 80 homes were evacuated in the town of Carveacre and a voluntary order was issued for about 1,500 homes in Lake Morena, Portrero, Pine Valley and Guatay, said Roxanne Provaznik of the California Department of Forestry.

The fire was burning in a hilly area with few roads, forcing crews to hike in to cut 23 miles of fire line. Mild yet erratic winds kept the flames unpredictable, Provaznik said.

Fire crews have had to work through the 10th straight day of a heat wave that has sent temperatures soaring above 100 degrees through much of the state. At least five firefighters statewide have suffered heat-related illnesses in recent days, officials said.

"If you get behind on drinking water, you can't catch up," said firefighter Jon Sanchioli, 46, who was protecting structures from the forest fire. "We had one guy go down yesterday. We know you've got to be careful. If you keep on pushing, your body shuts down."

Temperatures near the Horse Fire were expected to reach 100 degrees Tuesday.

In Joshua Tree National Park -- where another blaze had consumed dense, desert vegetation -- fire supervisors asked crews to remove their helmets every hour to make sure they were still sweating, fire spokesman Dennis Cross said.

No sweat, he said, could mean a firefighter had "dried up" -- a sign of heat exhaustion.

"It probably feels like it's 150 up there," Cross said, adding that crews were drinking about the twice the amount of water and Gatorade they might otherwise consume.

"When you have this humidity and this heat, it really takes a toll on your body," he said.

The blaze, which was sparked by lightning Friday, was burning across 1.6 square miles near the Riverside-San Bernardino county line and destroyed a park-owned cabin. It was 96 percent contained Tuesday.

Farther north, more than 800 firefighters worked to cut lines around an 8,200-acre, or nearly 13-square-mile, fire on ranch land east of San Ardo in southeastern Monterey County.

A lightning strike late Saturday sparked the fire and erratic winds generated by thunderstorms caused it to spread, officials said.

Off the coast of Los Angeles County, a lightning-sparked fire on Santa Catalina Island was 75 percent contained at 1,094 acres, or 1.7 square miles late Monday, fire Inspector Edward Osorio said.

Osorio said firefighters were kept on the line in case the smolders flare up and burn out of control.

"We'd like to release some of the crews to San Diego to help them out, but if we let them go, it won't be easy to get them back to the island," Osorio said. He noted that it takes at least an hour to shuttle firefighters and fire engines to the island on boats and helicopters.
Via Email:



Last night I spotted 2 Illegals 'guest workers' running from us east along the border fence in Campo area . Coincidently I was just talking to 2 reporters from Arizona Star . They ask for permition to go with me to persu and find out who is there. So jump in my van and after aprox. one mile rolocoster ride on border road we so male and female with cary bag. they was visiblly tired and female holding bloody finger in the other hand. I call border patrol . My two arizonian reporters was doing some interview with illegals and taking pictures. When BP arived he asesed the situation and called for an ambulance. PB communicate with doctor. doctor recommend put severed finger in cloth wrap and in ice. So I tore up my T-shirt and gave him ice and we were waiting for ambulance . BP was cheking back pack and on my recomendation arrested unijured male. Total three ambulacies arrived for one illegal - that what I call perfect service. ============

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Report From JJ

One Mexican in Mexico, dressed in black, sighted while watching us
from behind a boulder as we talked around dusk, Saturday evening.
Mexican took evasive action once he knew he was spotted. No voices,
but noises made by a large group of people heard coming from general
area where coyote was spotted(maybe a group in the 10-15 person
range). We stayed on this position until around midnight, hindering
any attempt to cross here.(J J and Weasel, who was replaced by
Chicago Joe). Remainder of night uneventfull, save for a violent
thunderstorm around 04:00 Hours. I went mobile around daylight,
enjoying the rare treat in desert country of having all tracks
washed out by the heavy rain. All roads were clean EXCEPT for the
hair pin turn down in Gloria Canyon, where one small Mexican (size 7-
71/2 shoe) tryed to camoflage his entry across the road there by
walking high on the bank along the road for a ways, and then "tippy-
toeing" on his toes across the road, and then half way up the side
of a hill into the U.S. As far as I know, he was the lone entrant
in our area. Kingfish says this small footed Mexican has been
plagueing him for quite a while now. He always works alone, and may
carry in drugs, as well as guide in people occassionally. He may
have been the lone black suited coyote we had seen the previous
evening, just south of the hair pin turn in Gloria.
Border Patrol helicopters have been assisting in more and more
captures in the deep canyons of the Campo area lately, possibly due
to ground units having acquired new scopes (night vision) in some of
the new, (all white with no markings) Homeland Security Pickups.
With the scopes, the B.P.'s OWN the high ground, and ridges, and
force the illegals down into the sensor laden canyon floors, where
they trigger a helicopter response. It is definitely getting harder
and harder to get in undetected through the Campo area, and
the "locals" are loving it. No more of the dogs barking all night
long, as the illegals plyed their way down from the Border. Most
illegal traffic has moved to the West, and Tecate area, as the Campo
Minutemen have continued to be a deep thorn in the side of the Felix
Drug Cartel's smuggling operations in the area.
Well I've got a couple of days off due to work disruptions at the
jobsite, so I may take in one of the MM protests, or something. The
big fires near Palm Springs are about over, so clean air will be a
much appreciated plus.

MAKING history on the Campo Line,

J J

Monday, July 17, 2006

Report From Texas

Greetings Friends,

I made it back home to Austin, Texas. Last night, I did a speaking engagement at the Hill Country Republican Women's monthly meeting. The Ladies gave me the opportunity to speak on the immigration issue, and plug the Texas Minuteman Project and the Campo Mountain Minuteman Project. I handed out a list of URLs as sources of information for my speech. At the top of the list I had the URLs for the Texas Minuteman Project, and the Campo Mountain Minuteman Project.

In the part of my presentation that dealt with California, I started with a quick breakdown of the overall situation in California. Then, I told the ladies of the CMMP’s accomplishments in Campo, California and I related my own experience as a CMMP volunteer. Hopefully, that will generate some interest in CMMP, and some donations! As I told the ladies last night, I am very proud of my participation as a volunteer in the CMMP. It is a fine organization of patriotic men and women, and the CMMP is certainly worthy of our support!

On Tuesday, August 1st, I will address my ATC group in the same manner, and try to generate some support for you there, too. I received a lot of positive feedback on the presentation, and I hope the people follow through and send some donations! May God bless your efforts as you continue to fight the good fight! For now, I will be with you in spirit, but know that I am planning to return again one day. Until then, I will do what I can to generate support for your efforts here in Texas.

Your Brother At Arms,


(a.k.a. 'Lone Star')

JJ's Report

Well, this Saturday is turning out to be a little less hectic than
last week.. I went to the MM wedding o in
Hollywood, ate at a Cuban restaurant, and attended the Hollywood
March, that shut down most of Hollywood for about three hours or so.
I even got tape of the ALLEDGED LAPD police brutality on the
illegals! I was even one of the four paul bearers on the dead
America coffin. Other "paulers" were Gadget Dan, Kingfish, and
Chicago. Gadget had a picture of us enlarged, and gave each of us
one of them as a gift. He said, "Just so you can't say you never got
anything from me." Seriously, it's great to be in the company of
great patriots, such as these. We marched down Hollywood Blvd. one
block east of the world famous "Hollywood and Vine" intersection, and
caused MASSIVE TRAFFIC DISRUPTION on Sat. afternoon in the entire
Hollywood area... sorry movie stars and tourists... it was just us
old MM putting on a little march in support of our black "brothers in
arms"(Ted Hayes)who is an advocate for homeless people in the L.A.
area.
Due to some reports being ERRONEOUSLY circulated on the net, the
Campo MM are not gone, NOT out of business, and are building strength
each week. They are now fully functioning as a tax free corporation,
so you guys that can't come, can now donate to a MM group that "GETS
THINGS DONE." Some of the MM appearing on the "Campo Line" in the
past month are: Kingfish, Jawbone, Gadget, Max, J J, Silver Bullet,
Quartermaster, Delta, Jessie, Chicago, Weasel, Magnum, Toledo, Scary
Larry, and I'm sure I have missed a couple that I just can't recall
right now...sorry guys, if I missed you.
Last night saw B.P. light trucks working Smith Canyon and Gloria
Canyon this morning. Two illegals were seen just south of the Fence,
shortly before dark by Weasel, who watched them retreat deeper into
Mexico and move laterally towards the west, once they saw that he had
spotted them. Later on Weasel reported several incidents of coughing
coming from just south of the fence(probably TB) near his position at
141. After a couple of earlier mobile patrols I settled in to a
static position at 139. Gadget stopped by,on his way out, and we
both welcomed Chicago, as he came in around 11:00 PM. Chicago went
up to relieve Weasel for awhile, and eventually ended up on 140.
Weasel stayed on 141, so we had that section of "LINE" pretty well
covered. As I went to breakfast, I saw TWO Homeland Security buses
being loaded up with illegals, and destined for a Mexicali
repatriation. Don't know how long it took to fill the busres, but
the USBP is still catching illegals here in fairly large numbers.
Loud Mexican music could be heard from just south of my position, but
sound travels a great distance in cool, still, air. Just another
typical drunken Mexican party. I'm sure they'll have another one
tonight.
Many B.P. units in the Campo sector last night. Not too many in the
Tecate sector. Maybe they switched, or something.

More details, as history is made,

J J
Campo Line

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Campo Border Partol Agent Injured

SAN DIEGO – A Border Patrol agent may have suffered a broken leg over the weekend when his foot became caught in stairway as a suspected illegal immigrant pushed past him, a Border Patrol spokesman said.
The incident occurred about 6 a.m. Saturday in the Pine Valley area, about 50 miles east of San Diego, said the spokesman, Agent Damon Foreman.

The Campo-based agent had been chasing a group of illegal immigrants when he spotted a shed where he suspected some of them were hiding, and he climbed the stairs to look inside, Foreman said.
As he opened the door, he spotted four people trying to hide inside the shed. One of them pushed past him and ran away. As the agent fell back, his foot caught in the top step, injuring his leg, Foreman said.

The other three border crossers remained behind and were apprehended. In all, 11 illegal immigrants were detained in the immediate area, but none of them was believed to be the one who pushed the agent, Foreman said.

The agent was taken to a hospital for treatment and X-rays, Foreman said. An update on his condition was not available.

Tuesday, July 4, 2006

San Diego Express

So I'm standing near the border fence in Campo taking to "36", another minuteman. The sun had just gone down and it was starting to get dark. All of a sudden we hear someone jump over the border fence less than 200 feet away. We look at each other with disbelief and Ken gets into his vehicle and takes off towards the fence jumper. I grab my 15,000,000 candle power spotlight, turned it on and nothing.. the fuse had blown. I can see the silhouette of a person standing on the road near the fence. I get in my '82 van and drive up to him, 36 had taken a longer way so I was first to get there. I drove along side him and asked what he was doing. He said " San Diego??" I laughed and said Yea, San Diego. He tried to open the passenger door. The illegal alien thought I was the bus to San Diego! I guess he figured you jump the fence and people are waiting on the border to take you to the free housing and healthcare. I told him not to open the door, stopped the van and got out while Ken called the BP. The illegal and I tried to have a conversation and smoked a few American spirit cigarettes. We never detained him or told him to stay put. He just stood there, I guess trying to figure out how the hell he was going to get to San Diego. After about ten minutes the BP arrived and talked with him before giving him a ride to the station. The BP agent asked him if he had heard of the Minutemen, he said no. BP told him who we were. He's going to go back home and tell everyone "As soon as you jump the fence, the Minutemen are there. Stay away from the blue van, it dosen't go to San Diego!"