Campo Minutemen Highway Clean up 2/16/08

Campo Minutemen Highway Clean up


******To Date, The Campo Minutemen have removed 14,000 pounds of trash***********

Much of It left by Illegal Border Crossers

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Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008

Time 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon

Location: Oak and Buckman Springs Road, Campo, CA

Lunch: Noon, Campo Diner

Provided: Reflector Vests and Trash Tongs

Bring: Gloves, Warm Jacket Comfortable Shoes

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Report from retired San Diego fireman, Campo Minuteman "Gadget Dan"

drussell9@aol.com wrote: Total litter that (I) have removed since July of 2006 = 11,700 pounds (will be 12,000 pounds in two weeks). Now, add to the total what Radar & Lightening Rod have done, plus, you and other helpers and it is aprox. 14,000 pounds. This is litter not only from Buckman Springs Rd., but, also along the I-8 illegal alien load up locations. I /we have been at it for 78 weeks! I adverage 150 pounds of litter removal per week by my self. 78 x 150 = 11,700 pounds. If you wish to know just last year total,then it's 52 x 150 = 7800 pounds for me, plus, aprox. another 1,000 pounds for the helpers(8,800pounds). I enjoy the special clean up's with helpers on Buckman Springs Rd. It is good for the locals to see us removing litter. It is good PR. But, I find it is just as important to clean up the illegal alien load up zones / areas along I-8. There's no shortages of traitorous Americans aiding the illegal aliens by lining the trails/ load up areas with litter...from the Mexican border to I-8 and beyond! If we want to save America, then, we must be willing to clean up the litter...from the Mexican border to at least I-8. in other words, take back America one littered bit at a time! that's my take on it. Enjoy the ball game, I've got to get to the border and back to litter removal...Lol. Dan/Gadget. Serving with campominutemen.com...doing for our country what our government won't.

Border Patrol agent fires shots at pickup after stop in SD County

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_8096270?nclick_check=1


Border Patrol agent fires shots at pickup after stop in SD County
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 01/27/2008 09:23:27 PM PST

SAN DIEGO—Authorities say a Border Patrol agent fired shots at a pickup truck when the driver backed the vehicle toward him during a stop in San Diego County.

An agency spokesman says no one was injured in the incident early Sunday in Potrero.

The driver of the white pickup resisted initial attempts by the agent to stop him. After the truck did stop, the driver started backing up towards the agent, prompting him to fire 3 rounds.

The driver took off in the vehicle and was not caught.

The Border Patrol believes the man was engaged in a smuggling operation. Nine suspected illegal immigrants were found hiding in rocks in the area and were taken into custody.

Slain Border Patrol agent honored at memorial service in Yuma

Approximately 700 people attended the public service in Yuma Today. Many, many "uniforms" were present. No cameras, even media, were allowed inside. Outside there was a fire truck with a Large American flag.
Minuteman Gadget Dan presented the family with an envelope with some donations and expressed the condolences of all Minutemen.




http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5484370.html




MEMORIAL FUND
Info From: "Patriots' Border Alliance " webmaster@patriotsborderalliance.com

A memorial fund has been set up for slain Yuma Sector Border Patrol agent, Luis Aguilar Jr.
The account is at the National Bank of Arizona under the account number 0163038724.
The address and phone number of the bank is 1800 South Fourth, Yuma AZ 85364, 928-782-7505.

The bank assured the Border Patrol agent who was checking into this that every penny will go to the family and only the widow will have access to the funds deposited in that account. He said that the bank is not even charging any fees for setting up the account or maintaining it.

Update in Border Agent Death / Memorial Service

A U.S. citizen has reportedly surrendered to U.S. officials in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent last Saturday. Macedonio Guerrero, a U.S. citizen, is a known fugitive wanted on marijuana trafficking charges out of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Yuma Office.

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Campo Minutmen will travel to Yuma to attend the Memorial Service for Border Patrol agent Luis Aguilar. Aguilar was struck and killed while he was trying to put out a spike strip to stop a runaway Ford F250 and a Hummer in the Imperial Sand Dunes near Yuma, about 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

Attending will be Campo Minuteman Kingfish. In 2005, Kingfish went on a month long odyssey to every location where a Border Agent has died on duty since the Reagan Amnesty and performed a Flag Ceremony.



Memorial Service
Yuma Civic Center at 11 a.m.
1440 W Desert Hills Dr
Yuma, AZ 85365
(928) 373-5040

In lieu of flowers, an account has been established with National Bank of Arizona in Aguilar's name for donations to help his wife and two children.

Six injured in crash of van fleeing Border Patrol

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080122-1301-bn22crash.html

1:01 p.m. January 22, 2008\

JOHN GIBBINS / Union-Tribune
One of the crash victims is loaded into an ambulance.

JOHN GIBBINS / Union-Tribune
A San Diego Fire Rescue firefighter runs at the scene.
SAN DIEGO – A van suspected of carrying illegal immigrants crashed and rolled over Tuesday morning in Ocean Crest, seriously injuring six people, authorities said.

The accident happened about 10:45 a.m. on westbound state Route 905 east of Interstate 805, said California Highway Patrol Officer Brad Baehr.

The Border Patrol started pursuing the 2008 Dodge Caravan about 10:40 a.m. near the Otay Mesa border crossing after getting reports that the driver was running red lights and driving erratically, Baehr said.

Border Patrol Agent Richard Smith also said authorities got a call from a private security guard who said he saw several people jump into the minivan.

A helicopter that was in the area began to follow the vehicle, Smith said.

Agents in patrol cars also began to chase the van, but stopped due to the potential danger to other motorists and because the helicopter was following it, Baehr said.

The driver continued heading west on the highway at speeds of more than 80 mph. About two miles east of Interstate 805, the driver lost control of the van. It went onto the dirt center divide and then crossed the highway, overturning once, possibly twice onto the embankment, Baehr said.

Three men and three women were inside the van and two of them were ejected, Baehr said.

All suffered major injuries and required hospitalization, said San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque. One person was taken to the hospital via helicopter.

All of them appeared to be adults, Baehr said.

Traffic rapidly backed up in both directions after the crash. The westbound lanes of SR-905 were shut down as authorities investigated the crash. Drivers were turned around at Heritage Road.

“This is another perfect example of how smuggling organizations prioritize profits over human safety,” Smith said.

Mark Arner: (619) 542-4556; mark.arner@uniontrib.com

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

We get email--- Response to G-Man's Report

Campo,

Thanks for a job well done.

You are our heroes.

I wish our news media would tell it like it really is.

That if it wasn't for the Minutemen volunteering their time to protect our borders we would have a lot more illegals coming here.

And who knows maybe a terrorist or two as well.

Thanks for doing the job our government should be doing, but won't do.

C

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q wrote: way to go!
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BTW, congrats on helping the illegal aliens reunite with their homeland.... I hope to see more of that. We need to lock that line down.

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Nice job G-Man...now lets clone you all over the border!
S

Report from G - Man 11 last night and 9 tonight

From his "top secret" location, G- Man spotted and reported 11 border crossers last night, all of whom were picked up by the Border Patrol, including the coyote!

So far tonight, G-Man has spotted and reported a group of 9 again, all of whom were picked up by the Border Patrol.

Way to go G Man!!

US Border Patrol Agent Killed

http://www.yumasun.com/news/agent_39038___article.html/border_dunes.html





U.S. Border Patrol agent killed
A U.S. Border Patrol agent died in the dunes Saturday morning. Witness accounts on scene say the agent was laying down spike strips to stop a vehicle and was hit. Vi

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed Saturday morning when he was struck by a vehicle as it fled law enforcement officers in the Imperial Sand Dunes.

The agent, who was stationed in the Yuma sector, was hit at about 9:30 a.m. near Gray's Well Road south of Interstate 8, according to Border Patrol representatives. The agent was laying spike strips across the road in an attempt to stop a Hummer vehicle that was fleeing pursuit.

Border Patrol officials believe the Hummer was driven by smugglers from Mexico.

Paramedics attempted to revive the agent at the scene but could not save him. Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Jeremy Schappell, spokesman for the Yuma sector, said the driver escaped back to Mexico.

"Right now our Mexican liaison unit has contact with the Mexican authorities ... try and track these individuals down," Schappell said.

No apprehensions have been made at this time. Schappell said they did not know whether the vehicle was carrying drugs or human cargo.

The Hummer and a Black Ford F-150 pickup truck were being pursued by law enforcement officers on I-8 when they turned into the dunes and fled toward Mexico, according to witnesses in the dunes.

The incident occurred near a popular duning campground.

"It was at the entrance to the Buttercup Recreation Area, where the duners usually park," Schappell said.

He added that it is not unusual for smugglers to go through these recreational spots.

"It actually happens quite frequently out here. What they try to do is, they hope to blend in with the usual dune traffic to increase their chances of going undetected," Schappell said.

The agent's name has not been released at this time, pending notification of next of kin.

This is the first time in more than four years the Yuma sector has lost an agent. Agent Jim Epling drowned in December 2003 in the Colorado River while in pursuit of four illegal immigrants.

An El Centro sector agent assigned to the Indio station, Richard Goldstein, died in May 2007. He drowned in a canal near the city of Niland, east of the Salton Sea and about 60 miles southeast of Indio.

"It's not easy. No law enforcement agency wants to lose one of their own. What we're focusing on now is making sure the agents at the scene are taken care of, mentally. Our primary focus is on the family, helping them cope and deal with their loss," Schappell said.

Massive Tijuana gun battle

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-tijuana18jan18,1,1344359.story?coll=la-headlines-world

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Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times

Policemen in Tijuana carry the casket of one of three fellow officers who were gunned down this week. The violence stems from a recent crackdown on crime cartels.

Hundreds of police and soldiers fight armed men for three hours, leaving a neighborhood terrorized. Four police officers are hurt.

By Richard Marosi, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
January 18, 2008

TIJUANA -- Hundreds of police officers and soldiers waged a three-hour gun battle against heavily armed men here Thursday, as residents of a normally quiet neighborhood ran for their lives. One suspect was killed and six kidnapping victims were found dead after the shootout.

Four police officers were injured as a monthlong crackdown on Tijuana's crime cartels escalated.

The working-class neighborhood of La Mesa resembled a war zone. Crying children streamed from an elementary school, escorted by terrified parents. People lay on sidewalks and streets as bullets flew overhead. Some huddled inside their homes.

The six abducted men were found handcuffed, blindfolded and shot execution style, federal authorities said.

Four suspects were arrested, including two police officers -- one state and one city. All were being taken to Mexico City, a common procedure for organized crime suspects.

Federal authorities said the suspects were part of the Arellano Felix cartel, which has controlled crime in the city for years.

"We've entered a new era," said Victor Clark Alfaro, director of the Binational Center for Human Rights and a lifelong Tijuana resident.

This week, gunmen killed three police officers, the wife and two daughters of one of them, and a young couple and their 3-year-old son.

The confrontation Thursday began in the morning as the three slain police officers were being buried across town. Police quickly scrambled to La Mesa, where officers had surrounded a house. Gunfire erupted as officers approached and they peppered the house with automatic weapons fire.

Later, bomb threats forced the evacuation of City Hall and police headquarters, but no explosives were found.

Police officials have said criminals are waging a campaign of terror in response to a crackdown launched in December by the city's new administration.

To support the effort, the government sent 1,000 federal police officers to the state of Baja California last week, half of them to Tijuana. Hundreds of soldiers are also participating in the crackdown.

richard.marosi@latimes.com

Gun Battle Prompts Evacuations In Tijuana

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/15079591/detail.html

TIJUANA, Mexico -- A shootout with police in Tijuana on Thursday has prompted the evacuations of their City Hall and police headquarters, NBC 7/39 reported.

Aprox. at 10:00 a.m. local police and soldiers had a gun battle with member of the drug cartel. Tijuana news sources are reporting that four police men were shot. Schools in the area were placed on Lockdown until police officers arrived to escort the children out.

At 2:40 p.m. City Hall, state and local courts were evacuated, even their parking lot. According to news sources, chatter was heard on radio frequencies by local police, indicating that grenades were going to be thrown at the offices of City Hall in retaliation. Other sources indicate that two doves with their head cut off, and money attached to them, were found outside city hall. According to local police, those doves are known as symbolic death threats.

In the end, 4 police officers where injured, 2 seriously, and 5 criminals were apprehended.












Previous Stories:

• January 17, 2008: Shootout In Tijuana Wounds 4
• January 16, 2008: Cop, Wife, Daughter Shot To Death In Tijuana
• January 15, 2008: 3 Cops Gunned Down In Tijuana
• December 2, 2007: Authorities: Baja Tourists Targeted By Gunmen
• September 26, 2007: Tijuana Cop Accused Of Trying To Smuggle Drugs
• April 19, 2007: 3 Dead After Shootout At Tijuana Hospital
• January 23, 2007: Tijuana Police Rearm -- With Slingshots
• January 5, 2007: Local Police Stop Patrolling In Tijuana
• October 16, 2006: Tijuana Mayor: City Is Much Safer
• August 24, 2006: Cops Accused Of Decapitating Fellow Officers
• June 23, 2006: Suspects Questioned In Baja Beheadings
• June 22, 2006: Headless Bodies Found In Rosarito; Heads Found In Tijuana

LA Times - Letters to the Editor

LA Times - Letters to the Editor - January 16, 2008

Minutemen look for some traction

Re "San Diego Minutemen adopt a road," Jan. 12

That was a nice piece about the Minutemen adopting a highway, but I think you gave credit to the wrong group. The Campo Minutemen adopted Buckman Springs Highway in Campo, Calif., more than a year ago, and there was no controversy or complaints.

The group has at least one man cleaning up literally every day, and every few weeks there is a crew out on a Saturday. They are doing a great job.

Indy Britton

Campo, Calif.

Campo Minutemen Reporting Up Date

These two guys were looking for a way across on the West Side of Smith Canyon.




G -Man spotted and reported seven crossers on Sunday Morning and four Monday Morning, all of whom were later apprehended by the Border Patrol.

The Campo Minutemen reported another large group of crossers last week, numbers 'in the teens" which were later apprehended by the Border Patrol.

The Campo Minutemen received a special thank you from The Border Patrol this week for "doing it right." Namely, following their recommendations, quietly calling in activity and allowing the crosser to get far enough into the US so they can be apprehended and processed.

Things are busy this week because many are returning from trips to Mexico and further south for the Holidays

Mennonite Orphanage, Mexico.

Campo Minutemen Reporting Up Date

These two guys were looking for a way across on the West Side of Smith Canyon.




G -Man spotted and reported seven crossers on Sunday Morning and four Monday Morning, all of whom were later apprehended by the Border Patrol.

The Campo Minutemen reported another large group of crossers last week, numbers 'in the teens" which were later apprehended by the Border Patrol.

The Campo Minutemen received a special thank you from The Border Patrol this week for "doing it right." Namely, following their recommendations, quietly calling in activity and allowing the crosser to get far enough into the US so they can be apprehended and processed.

Things are busy this week because many are returning from trips to Mexico and further south for the Holidays

Mennonite Orphanage, Mexico.

Al Jazeera Visits the Campo Minutemen

Kingfish of the Campo Minutemen was contacted by Al Jazeera English and they met at Cameron Corners.

http://english.aljazeera.net/English/

There was a man who identified himself as "Mike Kirsh" who referred to his "body of work." The woman did not give her name.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sitTTkNxxwk

They were driving a newer black SUV which they stated was owned by the woman's husband. The license plate was noted and provided to the border patrol.

They stated they had spent the previous night with MCDC at Camp Vigilance and wished to spend sometime with the Campo Minutemen. The emphasized that they were with Al Jazeera English and that they were "different." They asked if Kingfish had a family, and he mentioned his namesake unlceuncle who was

Kingfish stated that he would show them the border, and he wanted, in turn to be able to say Al Jazeera was interested in the border so that maybe our government would build the fence already.

The man stated that he would "not be used like that" at which point Kingfish stated he was not going to be used by them either. At this point the two of them became upset and left quickly.

The did indicate their interest in another border watch group, which was notified by the Campo Minutemen.


Found on The Mexican Border: (in AZ)

http://www.rense.com/general34/rddn.htm

Campo Minutemen Report Group of 22 Border Crossers

Campo Minutemen Report Group of 22 Border Crossers Who are later apprehended by the Border Patrol.


This man was seen talking on his cell phone, he appeared to be the leader, or "coyote for the group.



He yelled and swore at the Americans.



Three of the group crossing.