New Members of Campo Minutemen

There were stationed at Kingfish's old high point and and points between that position and Kingfish's new position which is even is further east of his old position. We are high pointing at the request of the BP and the areas east of Campo are very busy right now.









This is an illegal's hiding place, not the water bottles. Booties were also found as well as backpacks.

San Diego Border Patrol Agent Dies In Line Of Duty

San Diego Border Patrol Agent Dies In Line Of Duty
SAN DIEGO -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said a Border Patrol agent died in the line of duty.

According to a news release, 31-year-old Eric Cabral died on Thursday. Cabral died at a local hospital after he was extracted from Jacumba, Calif. Cabral was conducting patrol duties on foot near the De Anza Springs Resort when the incident occurred, the news release stated.

Authorities said Cabral and his partner were tracking a group of suspected illegal aliens north of Interstate 8 near Jacumba when they separated. They then lost radio contact, and another agent found Cabral unresponsive near the De Anza Springs Resort, the news release stated. Cabral was taken by air to a local hospital, but medical personnel were unable to revive him.


Cabral began working for the Border Patrol in September 2006.

San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Michael Fisher expressed his condolences to family, friends, and co-workers of Cabral.

"Agent Cabral lost his life serving and protecting the nation, and on behalf of the Border Patrol, we send our sincerest thoughts and prayers to his family during this difficult period," Fisher said in the news release.

Information regarding the memorial service will be provided at a later time, as arrangements have not yet been made, the release stated.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/13773527/detail.html

Jacumba Homicide Dumping Method a Hallmark of Mexican Cartels

Jacumba Homicide Dumping Method a Hallmark of Mexican Cartels


Jul 23, 2007
Amy Isackson


San Diego Sheriff's investigators are looking into why a man's body was dumped along Interstate 8 near Jacumba. Border Patrol agents found the body wrapped in a blanket Sunday morning. KPBS reporter Amy Isackson has details.

Dennis Brugos investigates homicides for the San Diego County Sheirrf's Department. He says the body showed signs of trauma and was bound.

Brugos says it appears to be a Latino male in his early twenties.

Brugos: I hate to speculate, but we've had cases similar to this and what the ones in the past have turned out to be is they're drug related or gang related or something like that.

The method of disposing of bodies wrapped in blankets is characteristic of Mexican drug cartels. It’s so common, the word “encobijado” was developed to describe the practice.

In the last few years, law enforcement officials in San Diego have acknowledged Mexico's drug violence has spilled across the border.

Sheriff's investigator Brugos says an autopsy in this most recent case is pending.


http://www.kpbs.org/news/local;id=9107

Border agent reportedly fires at group - Update

Original story at the bottom of this report.

Sources have told the Campo Minutemen that three Border Patrol vehicles were rocked in the area known as Smuggler's Gulch.

In the first picture, you can see how the rocks have slid down over the fence, making crossing easy. In the other photos, you can see people looking over the fence.









http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20070714-9999-6m14b4filler.html

July 14, 2007

At least one U.S. Border Patrol agent fired at a group of people in Mexico reportedly throwing rocks across the border last night, San Diego police said. It wasn't known if anyone was wounded.

Police said they were called to assist agents along the border in the Tijuana River Valley area south of Monument Road and Hollister Street about 8 p.m.

An initial report was that a group of people in Mexico were throwing rocks at agents and that one or more agents had shot someone. No victim was found on the U.S. side, police said. No information was released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection last night.

Body Found In Jacumba Was Bound, Beaten

http://www.10news.com/news/13732693/detail.html

JACUMBA, Calif. -- A man whose body was found Sunday on a rural stretch of highway near the Mexican border had been bound and beaten and his death was being investigated as a possible homicide, according to the sheriff's department.Two U.S. Border Patrol agents found the body of the male Hispanic, 20-25 years old, wrapped in a blanket from the waist down on the side of Interstate 8, about a mile east of Carrizo Gorge Road, at 7:20 a.m., said Lt. Dennis Brugos.The arid freeway is a few miles north of the Mexican border at the county's eastern end.

Campo Update - likely smugger spotted

Just talked to Kingfish on the Campo Line. About 12:30 Pacific Time, Kingfish observed a lone Mexican "Mule" infiltrating the USA along a sheer wall of granite on the West wall of Smith Canyon, heading north. The alien was wearing a very large rucksack, and wearing olive drab camoflauge clothing. Kingfish "dropped the dime" on the smuggler, and within a very few minutes a Border Patrol unit appeared, but did not "appear" to spot the smuggler.

The smuggler must have panicked a little, and started heading back towards Mexico, to the south. About this time, another B.P. agent on foot appeared from "out of nowhere" on foot, (they often do this... pull up and then drive off, having let an agent sneak out of the vehicle on the far side) and gave foot pursuit to the smuggler, angling over to prevent the smuggler from making it back to Mexico, and forcing the Mexican back northward, and downward into Smith Canyon.

The B.P. Agent started closing the distance on the smuggler who was encumbered by his large pack, and rocky terrain. The smuggler became trapped out on a high point of granite, and the B.P. Agent was within 40 yards or less and closing in, and then... the smuggler made a jump off the cliff that was at least 20 feet high. Kingfish said he crashed through a large tree with plenty of thorns on it, and hitting the steep slope of the mountainside, rolled and tumbled another 25 or 30 yards before coming to a halt! Kingfish said he last saw the Mexican heading northward and downward, having escaped the Border Patrol at least temporarily, but "Having paid the price," in Kingfish's words.

The Mexican was last seen, limping and hobbling badly, with his clothes badly torn and shredded. A little later another Mexican was spotted in the same area, but without a pack.

J J

Border agent reportedly fires at group

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July 14, 2007

At least one U.S. Border Patrol agent fired at a group of people in Mexico reportedly throwing rocks across the border last night, San Diego police said. It wasn't known if anyone was wounded.

Police said they were called to assist agents along the border in the Tijuana River Valley area south of Monument Road and Hollister Street about 8 p.m.

An initial report was that a group of people in Mexico were throwing rocks at agents and that one or more agents had shot someone. No victim was found on the U.S. side, police said. No information was released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection last night.

Agent's quick work saves van full of migrants from plunge

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070713-1257-bn13rescue2.html

2:57 p.m. July 13, 2007

U.S. Border Patrol photo
An alert Border Patrol agent kept a van full of suspected illegal immigrants from plunging over this embankment.
SAN DIEGO – A Border Patrol agent got behind the wheel of a driverless van carrying a dozen suspected illegal immigrants and kept it from plummeting off a 50-foot embankment early Thursday, the agency said.

A Mazda MVP minivan carrying 12 people was first spotted by agents shortly after midnight traveling west on Old Highway 80 near Kitchen Creek Road east of Buckman Springs. An Acura sedan carrying two people was driving near it, Border Patrol agent Richard Smith said.

The agents attempted to stop the Mazda but it sped off, turned around, and headed east on Old Highway 80.

Plainclothes agents in unmarked vehicles followed the van until it reached Miller Valley Road west of Boulevard. The driver bailed out, leaving the vehicle in gear and heading toward a rocky cliff.

The agency said the agent was able to get in the driver's seat and stop the van before it plummeted off the road. None of the passengers inside were wearing seat belts.


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All of the people in the van and the driver were arrested and are Mexican citizens. A second agent suffered multiple injuries to his knee and back as well as face lacerations and had to be hospitalized after he fell down the embankment as he tried to catch the driver.

Two U.S. citizens in the Acura, which was stopped without incident, were arrested on suspicion of illegal-immigrant smuggling.

“This is another prime example of how an illegal smuggling organization prioritizes profits over human safety,” Smith said.

Smith said it is a common practice for drivers attempting to smuggle illegal immigrants to bail out of a moving vehicle because they know the agents will attend to the endangered occupants first. That means they get a head start as they try to get away, he said.

Debbi Baker: (619) 293-1710; debbi.baker@uniontrib.com

Smugglers Attempting Entry at Campo as This is Written J J

Just got off the phone at 9:05 PM, Mountain time, from talking to
Kingfish. Mexican Military has been south of position 151 all day...
much activity. A large motorhome (Mexican) has pulled up on the south
side of the fence in an area that is blind to the Border Patrol, but
not to Kingfish situated on a high peak, with a commanding view of
dozens of miles in all directions. This area where the motor home is
at is the same general area where two fatal shootings have occurred in
the last few days, on the Mexican side of the Border, as the Narco
gangs battle it out for possession of some of the most lucrative
smuggling trails in California. Roofer, Gadget Dan, Checkstan, are
located near the Oaks, Kingfish is on high point, and rumor has it
that Jim Chase is to be in the area shortly! Border Patrol is on a
very high alert status at the present time, due to the killings just on
the other side of the Border, and because of the presence of large
numbers of Mexican Military within a mile or so of the Border... more
as it becomes available...

J J

Penthouse, Blackwater and Shooting at the Border, Campo, CA

Penthouse Magazine visited the Campo Minutemen for several days, July 1 - 3, 2007. Campo Minutemen Allegheny showed him around the border.

A Campo Minutemen arrived at Cameron Corners Store about 7 :00 am July 4. At the story were three men an camouflage, riding in a civilian looking mini van, with US Government Plates.

July 4, a photojournalist from New York came out and spend the day with Kingfish. There was a attempted drug transfer, which resulted in a lot of law enforcement, activity including helicopters. The photojournalist was pleased, said it was the most "action" he has seen at the border.

July 2, 2007, at night Kingfish heard five rounds, fired very quickly, 9mm or less close to the fence on the south side. Border Patrol alerted the Mexican authorities.

We took a trip to Protrero to look the property Blackwater is considering. It is at the end of a narrow road, in the middle of ranch properties, which see very heavy traffic of illegals crossing.

The pictures show the road to the property and the property.

Ocotillo training facility proposed Wind Zero

Ocotillo training facility proposed)

Source: UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
URL Source: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070703-9999-1m3wind.html
Published: Jul 3, 2007
Author: By Anne Krueger



A training camp for members of law enforcement and the military is being proposed in Imperial County that opponents say is disturbingly similar to a facility planned for the backcountry community of Potrero.

The companies behind both projects are led by former Navy SEALs, but their officials insist the similarities end there.

Wind Zero wants to build a 963-acre facility near Ocotillo, about 70 miles east of San Diego. The startup company has about 10 investors and is led by Brandon Webb, a San Diegan who said he left the Navy about a year and a half ago when he saw a need for more military training centers.

Blackwater USA, a North Carolina-based company that wants to build a facility on 824 acres in Potrero, is a major defense contractor whose millionaire owner, Erik Prince, is a former Navy SEAL.

Jeanette Hartman, chairwoman of the Sierra Club's land-use committee, is among those who believe Blackwater is secretly pushing the Ocotillo plan in case the Potrero proposal is denied.

But a search of public records showed no link, and Hartman said she has not found any records to back up her claim.

Webb and Brian Bonfiglio, a Blackwater USA vice president, say Blackwater is not involved with Wind Zero or its proposal. Bonfiglio said the Ocotillo facility would be too far away to compete for business, but he'd prefer it not be built.

“There is no connection,” Bonfiglio said. “None at all.”

According to the state Secretary of State's Office, Wind Zero Ranges incorporated in August, with Webb listed as its registered agent. Its office is on Mission Gorge Road in the Grantville section of San Diego.

Blackwater's plans to build a training facility about 45 miles east of San Diego with shooting ranges, an armory and a defensive-driving track ignited protests when word of the project spread late last year.

Neighbors fear increased noise and traffic. Some also object to Blackwater's role as a contractor supplying private security guards – critics call them “mercenaries” – for the Iraq war.

Blackwater and other private security firms have come under scrutiny for their growing presence in war zones. More than 100,000 contractors are employed in Iraq, and their conduct is not covered by the code of military justice that governs soldiers.

Webb said the Wind Zero facility will not train private contractors. Its proximity to San Diego County will allow law enforcement and military members based in the county to train for the day then return home at night, he said.

He said Wind Zero's training center would have shooting ranges, a driving track, an RV park with about 150 spaces and a 100-room lodge. The facility would be open to members of the public, ranging from Boy Scouts to target shooters.

The company will soon close escrow on the desert property in Ocotillo and will submit its plans to the Imperial County planning department later this month, Webb said. Approval is expected to take about a year and a half.

Webb, 33, defended the project at a neighborhood meeting in Ocotillo on June 23. The meeting was videotaped and posted online by Raymond Lutz, an El Cajon resident who leads a citizens' oversight committee that opposes the Blackwater project.

In response to questions from the audience, Webb repeatedly denied any affiliation with Blackwater. Some residents expressed concern about having what they saw as a Blackwater-type operation in their community.

“I'm worried you will bring the mercenaries here if we approve,” one resident said.

Terry Weiner, a conservation coordinator for the Desert Protective Council, said she is also concerned.

“I wouldn't be willing to say that they're a Blackwater spin-off, but I would say that they're a Blackwater wannabe,” she said.

Blackwater's project is undergoing a county environmental review, a process expected to take about two years. The final decision rests with the county Board of Supervisors.

Anne Krueger: (619) 593-4962; anne.krueger@uniontrib.com

Blackwater:

http://www.cbs8.com/features/special_assignment/story.php?id=94023

Al Jazeera In Potrero Covering Blackwater Training

Last Updated: 06-20-07 at 7:11PM

Blackwater USA is trying to bring a training camp for its private security forces to Potrero, and now a crew from Al Jazeera's English-language TV station has shown up at the site.

Former American network news correspondent Rob Reynolds greeted a News 8 camera as he interviewed a Potrero resident for his new boss -- the 24-hour Al Jazeera English TV channel, which launched last fall. The Washington-based reporter was in town to do a story on the controversial proposed Blackwater military training project, which would be built on a vacant 800-acre chicken ranch.

Once the three-person unit spotted our camera while they chatted with Blackwater opponent Steve Kowit, they quickly moved out of sight. Minutes after packing up their SUV, they left town after spending just three hours in the area.

"They understood that you guys wanted them to be the news story," Kowit said.

Kowit, who says the Blackwater project promotes fire danger and is environmentally disruptive, felt the crew was fair.

"They asked me absolutely appropriate questions, they were professionals like you are, and I suspect nothing will be slanted," Kowit said.

Gordon Hammers is the chairman of the Potrero Community Planning Group. He says he spoke to the Al Jazeera crew about how Blackwater would help revitalize the local economy. In the back of his mind, however, he had lingering questions about the objective of their visit.

"What are you doing here in the first place," Hammers said. "This is a local land use issue. You really have no business putting this into international politics."

It was unclear when a story about Blackwater would air on Al Jazeera. The news crew refused to speak with News 8.

Erik Prince is a billionaire right-wing fundamentalist Christian from a powerful Michigan Republican family. His wealth came from his father, Edgar Prince, who headed Prince Automotive, an auto parts and machinery manufacturer.

A major Republican campaign contributor, he interned in the White House of President George H.W. Bush and campaigned for Pat Buchanan in 1992, finding time to intern for arch-conservative congressman Dana Rohrabacher as well. Prince founded the mercenary firm Blackwater USA in 1997 with Gary Jackson, another former Navy SEAL

http://www.blackwaterusa.com/

Blackwater USA is the most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world.

Blackwater Coming to Potrero, a tiny rural town east of San Diego.

The private security firm Blackwater USA is planning to build a new military training center on an 800-acre ranch near Potrero, a tiny rural town east of San Diego.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=12916§ionid=3510304

It recently opened a new facility in Illinois ("Blackwater North") and is fighting local opposition to a third planned domestic facility near San Diego ("Blackwater West") by the Mexican border. It is also manufacturing an armored vehicle (nicknamed the "Grizzly") and surveillance blimps.