From the Wall Campo,California-Mexico
Hangin' with Campo Minutemen
Thursday
I am perched on the top of Kingfish mountain just west of the smuggling canyon called Smith, in Campo, California. This is now the home of Britt Craig, leader of www.Campominutemen.com , FRS radio channel 6, . It was pretty quiet last night. Gadget Dan came up for a visit and we shot the Bull, had a little cold water and then ice cold coke.
I pulled a 22 foot trailer up here. not the easiest task but worth in in my economy. At a couple of points spinning all 4 wheels at once searching for traction. Howard and Max cleared the trail of bushes and measured the overhang of tree limbs in La Gloria canyon and I manuevered the sand traps and rocks. I like having a bed, heater, shower, toilet and refrig/freezer, and yet being away from everybody. We arrived without a scratch on the rolling house. How and Max called me crazy, but then my own wife calls me crazy and in fact crazy is why I get the big bucks from the VA, so crazy is cool. Personally, I think crazy is sitting on the border staring into the bushes waiting to be accosted by some smuggler, so everyone doing a Border event is crazy, but then who am I to judge? I'm the crazy leader of the California Minutemen, USBPA and BorderWatch..ex-leader, who it has been said of, murders poor immigrants.
I am watching Britts spot. Kingfish aka Britt Craig is away to see the movie "Border Wars" with his new wife Debbie. This is his spot, as far back as a year ago while he was in California Minutemen. While he is away I figured I would fill in. Generally no one comes up here as it is off the border road, isolated and distant from the social center of spots near the entrance road or on the high plateau 139-141. I see USBP agent passing a distance off maybe 3-5 a day. The next nearest minuteman is at least 1/2 mile or more away, but I have my radio checks and my cell phone has the best reception in the area, so I am cool. The truth is that this is a real vacation, where you can gather your thoughts and rest your body and soul.
I think this is chopper day as I have seen 3. Two flew over me this morning. I was out in my PJ's, field hat, bare foot, SU-16 jungle swung and binoculars and a chopper roared over me low and hit hit noise maker. Morning on the border.
Friday
Britt is back watching West and I am over by Smith canyon watching East. Forgarding the thief on the lamb, Britt dipped down West to look for the guy and I walked the west ridge and ajointing area that falls off into the canyon. Then I drove drown into Smith. Sand, a little water, two what you may call immigrant caves or mountain lions holes going 20 and 30 feet in. I entered with a flashlite, round in the chamber of my SU-16 and glock. I figured Britt would show up if there was any gun shots so no sweat. Found tracks, tennis shoes going south. Probably the guy, the Beeps seemed satisfied with the report. I heard they also lost a sniper rifle recently. Friday night illeagals came over via latter and went back the same way when Charlie 1 turned a powerful light their way. I think he said it happened at136 or 139 can't remember.
And my wife showed up and the furnace broke, Cool here at night. Oh bye the way for you who wish to come out here. There are trails on the West edge if you walk like your going to jump off the cliff into the canyon. Smugglers are skirting Britt to the East of his position, even east to the spoting stand that the group cemented above Smith canyon. A good place to go quietly sit with night vision.
Lay-up shooting gallery
At the end of the border wall smith canyon, west side,I filled bottles with sand set them on rocks and stuck others on the ends of dead desert plants. In the distance south, in mexico Mennonites are building a orphanage. We told them, some time ago, the way it was with bandidos. They came in and stole their ground well pump and pulled up 200 feet of pipe. Mexicans saying in their minds, "Thanx for coming here from Texas to care for our unwanted children, and oh, bye the way, we are stealing your stuff as you place. you rich American pigs owe us a living." They had a watchman..I guess he did his job and watched as the bandidos dug it up.
Saturday
Britts new wife Delta showed up. There are a bunch of people West but I am the last camp East right now. Checkstand was East of Smith canyon but has returned to Bell Valley West. There are alot of flags posted along the border. Some were taken by our Southern neighbors. Gadget Dan has taken to cleaning up tons of trash north of the border noting someone is marking trails so he unmarks them. He wants me to go lay low, watch wearing my ghilley suit Camouflaged, look like a bush oufit)..."oooh manana, o someday senior, I am lazy in the warm sun with my senior-eater watching the wall." I am old. I am tired, I am on vacation. If Juan trips by I will drop the dime. Last night Linda and I patrolled East to Shockey Truck road and then ate at the Indian Casino. They have the best t-bone steaks I have tasted in a long time.
Sunday
Delta headed home. Linda decided she'd like to stay another day. I broke out the generator to recharge all my battery systems and computer. You know it is nice up here with the breeze, wildlife, quiet and the chance of a little excitement now and then. And for those that like to socialize there are always others around to chat with, share a meal or a cold drink with. You do not have to be a Campo Minuteman to come and join in with Campo Minuteman. They issue no ID card. You can get a T-shirt by you are basically an independent observer responsible for your actions. Campo Minutemen will fill you in on what is what and who is whom, suggest if you need suggestions, but it is your show in your watch area. You can be someone new or from any group. Or just a person here for free camping. Yes, free. Campo Minuteman does not charge a fee of any kind. You can Camp Free on BLM land for 14 days or forever on the 60 feet north of the border. Come down with a FRS radio set on Ch 6. Your ready. A firearm is recommended but not required.Long hot showers coat $2 at Potrero County Park. What else does a person need?
Sincerely,
James L Chase, Border Watch
Hangin' with Campo Minutemen
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Monday, September 11, 2006
Osama Protest
It was great to meet so many great Americans in Culver City Yesterday. Unfortunately, our Web Master Chicago is on Vacation and we may not get our pictures up right away.
I have post them on other sites. Feel free to "take" which ever ones you want.
Sites:
http://www.saveourstate.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=16291
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699146/posts
I have post them on other sites. Feel free to "take" which ever ones you want.
Sites:
http://www.saveourstate.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=16291
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699146/posts
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Shots Fired at Campo
A van of crossers reportedly tried to run over a border patrol agent in Smith
Canyon this morning and the border patrol agent reportedly fired shots. No one was
hurt and the vehicle was later stopped.
Media source states it was a suspected smuggling vehicle
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>From JJ:
I just called Kingfish on the Campo Line for an update on the incident this morning out there. According to Kingfish," a van full of illegals attempted to escape from a B.P. Agent by running him down on Shocky Truck Trail, near where it intersects with Highway 94. The agent fired shots at the van as it attempted to escape. The van was apprehended on 94 west of Forrest Gate Road a short time later. The illegals inside said they had infiltrated into the USA through Smith Canyon, an area not currently being patrolled by the Campo MM due to lack of manpower, and just east of the areas currently under patrol by the Campo MM."
Kingfish has just adjusted his position to be able to watch the South end of Smith Canyon.
Reporting history as it is being made,
J J
Campo MM
Rec'd via email:
There was a shooting this morning near Shockey TT and Far Valley Rd. A truck loaded with narcotics was seized but the driver (Hispanic male with a crew cut) managed to TBS.
http://www.thedustininmansociety.org/blog/
Canyon this morning and the border patrol agent reportedly fired shots. No one was
hurt and the vehicle was later stopped.
Media source states it was a suspected smuggling vehicle
-----------------------------------------------------------
>From JJ:
I just called Kingfish on the Campo Line for an update on the incident this morning out there. According to Kingfish," a van full of illegals attempted to escape from a B.P. Agent by running him down on Shocky Truck Trail, near where it intersects with Highway 94. The agent fired shots at the van as it attempted to escape. The van was apprehended on 94 west of Forrest Gate Road a short time later. The illegals inside said they had infiltrated into the USA through Smith Canyon, an area not currently being patrolled by the Campo MM due to lack of manpower, and just east of the areas currently under patrol by the Campo MM."
Kingfish has just adjusted his position to be able to watch the South end of Smith Canyon.
Reporting history as it is being made,
J J
Campo MM
Rec'd via email:
There was a shooting this morning near Shockey TT and Far Valley Rd. A truck loaded with narcotics was seized but the driver (Hispanic male with a crew cut) managed to TBS.
http://www.thedustininmansociety.org/blog/
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Campo Minutemen in the News
http://presstelegram.com/news/ci_4287227
Immigration fireworks at parade
Union festivities attract border activists.
By Greg Mellen, Staff writer
WILMINGTON - For the most part, the 27th annual Labor Day Labor Solidarity proceedings in Wilmington went off without a hitch.
But not without some spice.
While picnickers were loading up on hot dogs and sodas and listening to union speeches, about a dozen activists from Save Our State and the Minuteman Project made an unexpected appearance and added a little heat to the Monday holiday.
Waving American flags and bearing posters with sayings such as "illegal immigration is not civil rights," the protesters appeared on a knoll at Banning Park, where they were almost immediately confronted by a large group unionists as well as of members of Hermandad Mexicana LatinoAmericana, a pro-immigrant organization that marched in the parade and was one of the larger groups on hand.
After some jostling and heated debate, the two groups were separated by a large contingent of parade security personnel representing the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union.
Soon after, Los Angeles Police Department officers, several on bikes and four-wheel all-terrain vehicles, cordoned off the protesters and escorted them out of the park, while a large group of event-goers followed.
Chanting "union, union," and "racists go home," the picnickers easily drowned out a short-lived attempt at a "USA" chant by Minutemen and Save Our State members.
Standing across M Street from Banning Park, Deborah Grais, wearing a Campo Minutemen T-shirt, said she came to the event because she views illegal immigrants as "scabs" who hurt rather than help unions.
The protesters said they felt mistreated by the union security personnel.
"I'm upset the police forced us to go," said Knewt Young of Torrance, as he held an American flag. "We were causing no problems. The only thing agitating was our presence."
Part of the acrimony may have arisen because the National Alliance for Immigrants' Rights had joined in the parade to call for a moratorium on deportations and amnesty for illegal aliens.
"You can't talk about immigration without labor and you can't talk about labor without immigration, they're one and the same," said Nativo Lopez of Hermandad Mexicana LatinoAmericana, adding that events such as Monday's parade and picnic put them "under one house."
There were no arrests and no injuries and the confrontation was dispersed in about 20 minutes.
Before the protestors' appearance, the parade and picnic went smoothly.
The event began with the Oakland ILWU Drill Team being recognized for its 40th anniversary. Wearing yellow T-shirts, white ILWU hats, black pants, yellow gloves and carrying longshoremen's traditional hooks, the group put on a 20-minute show before receiving a plaque from the ILWU local chapters.
The drill team debuted in July 1966 when it marched with Cesar
Chavez down Market Street in San Francisco in a solidarity display.
Josh Williams, who founded the group, says it performs about 20 times per year, mostly on the West Coast.
"Whenever there's strife in the union, the drill team helps to unite us," said Anna Wills, a union and drill team member.
The parade was a spectacle of unionism, with carpenters, steel workers, pile drivers, flight attendants, nurses and machinists among the groups represented.
Each group seemed to have telltale colors. T-shirts bore a variety of messages, including an ILWU shirt with a snake emblazoned on the back and the message "will strike if provoked."
Several unions were on strike or contemplating strikes. The Los Angeles Engineer and Architects Association, fresh off a two-day strike, showed up in force with placards protesting conditions and wages.
Michael Davies, president of the local chapter, said his group didn't normally show up in the parade in such large numbers.
However, on Monday they wanted to show gratitude to the Teamsters in particular for honoring their work stoppage.
Flight attendants for Northwest Airlines were also contemplating a strike strategy they called "CHAOS" for "Creating Havoc Across Our System," which they said would consist of intermittent work stoppages and other actions.
Les Meeks, interim president of the local group, said his group's plight is not uncommon.
"We're not the only ones struggling," Meeks said. "All across America workers are struggling. There's a climate of corporate greed run amok."
At the post-parade picnic, representatives from disparate groups ranging from the Peace and Freedom Party to the International Workers of the World, or Wobblies, to the Colombia Peace Project, set up shop and handed out leaflets and sold T-shirts.
After the Minutemen and Save Our State protesters had left, a large tarpaulin was draped across the knoll, it said "The sun shines for everyone."
It had been painted by a man named Jose Matias, who said it was his message that "America is for everyone."
Greg Mellen can be reached at greg.mellen@presstelegram.com or (562) 499-1291.
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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0609/05/ldt.01.html
CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lou, supporters of expanded rights for illegal aliens blamed everything from the holiday weekend to poor organization for the small crowds at their Labor Day marches.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Bush, escucha, estamos en la lucha!
WIAN (voice over): About a thousand supporters of expanded rights for illegal aliens marched in the streets of Los Angeles chanting, "Bush, listen, we are here!" They flew the flags of anarchists, Mexico and the United States, and demanded full amnesty for anyone in this country illegally. Illegal alien supporters rallied in several other U.S. cities on Labor Day. They're continuing their effort to link illegal immigration and organized labor.
Border security activists accuse the union marchers of betraying American workers.
DEBORAH CRAIG, CAMPO, CALIF., MINUTEMEN: We had a standard of living. We had a wage. The middle class is nonexistent in Los Angeles. It's being destroyed by illegal immigration. That's why we're here, because illegal immigrants are scabs, period.
WIAN: Police separated this group of counter-protesters from a hostile crowd of illegal alien sympathizers who continued their practice of calling anyone favoring immigration law enforcement "racist."
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Racists go home! Racists go home!
WIAN: The marches were nowhere near the size of the Mayday Open Borders protest earlier this year. It's another sign their movement, and especially their effort to register a million new sympathetic voters by 2008, is losing momentum.
An Associated Press analysis of voter data in a dozen U.S. cities found no evidence of a pro-amnesty voter registration surge. In fact, in Los Angeles, the birthplace of the illegal alien marches, new voter registration actually dropped 54 percent during the first six months of this year compared to 2004.
Immigration fireworks at parade
Union festivities attract border activists.
By Greg Mellen, Staff writer
WILMINGTON - For the most part, the 27th annual Labor Day Labor Solidarity proceedings in Wilmington went off without a hitch.
But not without some spice.
While picnickers were loading up on hot dogs and sodas and listening to union speeches, about a dozen activists from Save Our State and the Minuteman Project made an unexpected appearance and added a little heat to the Monday holiday.
Waving American flags and bearing posters with sayings such as "illegal immigration is not civil rights," the protesters appeared on a knoll at Banning Park, where they were almost immediately confronted by a large group unionists as well as of members of Hermandad Mexicana LatinoAmericana, a pro-immigrant organization that marched in the parade and was one of the larger groups on hand.
After some jostling and heated debate, the two groups were separated by a large contingent of parade security personnel representing the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union.
Soon after, Los Angeles Police Department officers, several on bikes and four-wheel all-terrain vehicles, cordoned off the protesters and escorted them out of the park, while a large group of event-goers followed.
Chanting "union, union," and "racists go home," the picnickers easily drowned out a short-lived attempt at a "USA" chant by Minutemen and Save Our State members.
Standing across M Street from Banning Park, Deborah Grais, wearing a Campo Minutemen T-shirt, said she came to the event because she views illegal immigrants as "scabs" who hurt rather than help unions.
The protesters said they felt mistreated by the union security personnel.
"I'm upset the police forced us to go," said Knewt Young of Torrance, as he held an American flag. "We were causing no problems. The only thing agitating was our presence."
Part of the acrimony may have arisen because the National Alliance for Immigrants' Rights had joined in the parade to call for a moratorium on deportations and amnesty for illegal aliens.
"You can't talk about immigration without labor and you can't talk about labor without immigration, they're one and the same," said Nativo Lopez of Hermandad Mexicana LatinoAmericana, adding that events such as Monday's parade and picnic put them "under one house."
There were no arrests and no injuries and the confrontation was dispersed in about 20 minutes.
Before the protestors' appearance, the parade and picnic went smoothly.
The event began with the Oakland ILWU Drill Team being recognized for its 40th anniversary. Wearing yellow T-shirts, white ILWU hats, black pants, yellow gloves and carrying longshoremen's traditional hooks, the group put on a 20-minute show before receiving a plaque from the ILWU local chapters.
The drill team debuted in July 1966 when it marched with Cesar
Chavez down Market Street in San Francisco in a solidarity display.
Josh Williams, who founded the group, says it performs about 20 times per year, mostly on the West Coast.
"Whenever there's strife in the union, the drill team helps to unite us," said Anna Wills, a union and drill team member.
The parade was a spectacle of unionism, with carpenters, steel workers, pile drivers, flight attendants, nurses and machinists among the groups represented.
Each group seemed to have telltale colors. T-shirts bore a variety of messages, including an ILWU shirt with a snake emblazoned on the back and the message "will strike if provoked."
Several unions were on strike or contemplating strikes. The Los Angeles Engineer and Architects Association, fresh off a two-day strike, showed up in force with placards protesting conditions and wages.
Michael Davies, president of the local chapter, said his group didn't normally show up in the parade in such large numbers.
However, on Monday they wanted to show gratitude to the Teamsters in particular for honoring their work stoppage.
Flight attendants for Northwest Airlines were also contemplating a strike strategy they called "CHAOS" for "Creating Havoc Across Our System," which they said would consist of intermittent work stoppages and other actions.
Les Meeks, interim president of the local group, said his group's plight is not uncommon.
"We're not the only ones struggling," Meeks said. "All across America workers are struggling. There's a climate of corporate greed run amok."
At the post-parade picnic, representatives from disparate groups ranging from the Peace and Freedom Party to the International Workers of the World, or Wobblies, to the Colombia Peace Project, set up shop and handed out leaflets and sold T-shirts.
After the Minutemen and Save Our State protesters had left, a large tarpaulin was draped across the knoll, it said "The sun shines for everyone."
It had been painted by a man named Jose Matias, who said it was his message that "America is for everyone."
Greg Mellen can be reached at greg.mellen@presstelegram.com or (562) 499-1291.
-------------------------------------------------------
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0609/05/ldt.01.html
CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lou, supporters of expanded rights for illegal aliens blamed everything from the holiday weekend to poor organization for the small crowds at their Labor Day marches.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Bush, escucha, estamos en la lucha!
WIAN (voice over): About a thousand supporters of expanded rights for illegal aliens marched in the streets of Los Angeles chanting, "Bush, listen, we are here!" They flew the flags of anarchists, Mexico and the United States, and demanded full amnesty for anyone in this country illegally. Illegal alien supporters rallied in several other U.S. cities on Labor Day. They're continuing their effort to link illegal immigration and organized labor.
Border security activists accuse the union marchers of betraying American workers.
DEBORAH CRAIG, CAMPO, CALIF., MINUTEMEN: We had a standard of living. We had a wage. The middle class is nonexistent in Los Angeles. It's being destroyed by illegal immigration. That's why we're here, because illegal immigrants are scabs, period.
WIAN: Police separated this group of counter-protesters from a hostile crowd of illegal alien sympathizers who continued their practice of calling anyone favoring immigration law enforcement "racist."
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Racists go home! Racists go home!
WIAN: The marches were nowhere near the size of the Mayday Open Borders protest earlier this year. It's another sign their movement, and especially their effort to register a million new sympathetic voters by 2008, is losing momentum.
An Associated Press analysis of voter data in a dozen U.S. cities found no evidence of a pro-amnesty voter registration surge. In fact, in Los Angeles, the birthplace of the illegal alien marches, new voter registration actually dropped 54 percent during the first six months of this year compared to 2004.
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Union Thugs in Wilmington, CA
Video:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-labor5sep05,1,6063775.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true
Under:
VIDEO
Southland Labor Day Rallies
More Videos (first one shows assault on SOS member)
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmcQCckHKiU
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mFiXiiyius
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33RCIgudFkM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avCCOnJiquE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f97sH_LPMWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu14TbR16x0
"Members of the International Longshore and Warehouseman's Union Local 13 confronted about a dozen protesters belonging to the anti-illegal immigration group Save Our State. The protesters said they objected to labor's pro-immigrant stance.
"We're angry about the unions trying to get illegal aliens to join," said Heather Evans, 26, a laboratory chemist and biologist from San Pedro.
The longshoremen, wearing light blue shirts that identified them as "security," surrounded the Save Our State protesters and attempted to block camera views of their signs. The protesters claimed they were jostled by the union members.
Los Angeles police separated the protesters and labor members at first. After about 20 minutes, the police escorted the protesters out of Banning Park and across the street as union members gave chase and chanted, "Racists go home!"
Police said no arrests were made."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-labor5sep05,1,6063775.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true
Under:
VIDEO
Southland Labor Day Rallies
More Videos (first one shows assault on SOS member)
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmcQCckHKiU
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mFiXiiyius
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33RCIgudFkM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avCCOnJiquE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f97sH_LPMWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu14TbR16x0
"Members of the International Longshore and Warehouseman's Union Local 13 confronted about a dozen protesters belonging to the anti-illegal immigration group Save Our State. The protesters said they objected to labor's pro-immigrant stance.
"We're angry about the unions trying to get illegal aliens to join," said Heather Evans, 26, a laboratory chemist and biologist from San Pedro.
The longshoremen, wearing light blue shirts that identified them as "security," surrounded the Save Our State protesters and attempted to block camera views of their signs. The protesters claimed they were jostled by the union members.
Los Angeles police separated the protesters and labor members at first. After about 20 minutes, the police escorted the protesters out of Banning Park and across the street as union members gave chase and chanted, "Racists go home!"
Police said no arrests were made."
Monday, September 4, 2006
Report From Wilmington, CA
"Well it was a wonderful demonstration because we all lived through it and are uninjured! Woo hoo!!!! Although it was a very tense situation, and several people did get hit or shoved. Basically I did not want to leave, but I knew it was in our best interests to let the police take us to a safer area. We made our point and got tons of press attention immediately.
nce that was done it was just dangerous to stay on the little hill we chose to "open up" on. Yes, the union members wanted to oppress our free speech. Yes, they had a permit, no, we did not.
The police were mostly great to us, So we were pretty much physically guided and prodded out of the main area. They used their bikes to push us and such. There was not much of a choice in leaving. We counterdemonstrated for another half hour across the street. Then we decided to leave before everyone else started leaving. It was a very quick but very effective demonstration.
We got a lot of press and even recruited a lawyer from San Pedro who is anti-illegal."
Jalira
Photos posted under "photos" at
http://www.campominutemen.com/photos.aspx
nce that was done it was just dangerous to stay on the little hill we chose to "open up" on. Yes, the union members wanted to oppress our free speech. Yes, they had a permit, no, we did not.
The police were mostly great to us, So we were pretty much physically guided and prodded out of the main area. They used their bikes to push us and such. There was not much of a choice in leaving. We counterdemonstrated for another half hour across the street. Then we decided to leave before everyone else started leaving. It was a very quick but very effective demonstration.
We got a lot of press and even recruited a lawyer from San Pedro who is anti-illegal."
Jalira
Photos posted under "photos" at
http://www.campominutemen.com/photos.aspx
Saturday Report - Kingfish and Delta
Saturday:
Rally in Lake Forest which lead to an arrest:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1264580.php
Man arrested after spitting incident
Hugo Maldonado is being held on a federal felony immigration warrant and on suspicion of resisting arrest.
By CINDY CARCAMO
The Orange County Register
LAKE FOREST – Deputies arrested a man on a felony warrant after he spit toward a crowd of anti-illegal immigration protesters Saturday in Lake Forest, Orange County Sheriff's officials reported.
Hugo Maldonado, 23, is being held without bail at the Orange County Men's Jail on a federal felony immigration warrant and suspicion of resisting arrest, Lt. Val Wilson.
At about 8:30 a.m., Maldonado was a passenger of a car that drove into a parking lot near a day labor site close to Ganahl Lumber store and a liquor store on the 23100 block of Orange Avenue, Wilson said.
Maldonado spit toward about 40 anti-illegal immigration protesters, Wilson said, but it's unclear whether he struck someone. Deputies, already in the area to keep the peace, saw what happened, spoke with Maldonado and ran his name, Wilson said.
Maldonado led deputies on a short foot pursuit after they discovered that he had an active warrant. Specifics about the warrant are unclear, Wilson said.
Also unclear is whether Maldonado had any connection to the day labor site or the protesters there, she added. Other than this incident, the protest was peaceful.
"You have an isolated, small incident," Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said. "It's too bad that that even happened. Other than that it was really peaceful."
CONTACT US: 714-796-7829 or ccarcamo@ocregister.com
Rally in Lake Forest which lead to an arrest:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1264580.php
Man arrested after spitting incident
Hugo Maldonado is being held on a federal felony immigration warrant and on suspicion of resisting arrest.
By CINDY CARCAMO
The Orange County Register
LAKE FOREST – Deputies arrested a man on a felony warrant after he spit toward a crowd of anti-illegal immigration protesters Saturday in Lake Forest, Orange County Sheriff's officials reported.
Hugo Maldonado, 23, is being held without bail at the Orange County Men's Jail on a federal felony immigration warrant and suspicion of resisting arrest, Lt. Val Wilson.
At about 8:30 a.m., Maldonado was a passenger of a car that drove into a parking lot near a day labor site close to Ganahl Lumber store and a liquor store on the 23100 block of Orange Avenue, Wilson said.
Maldonado spit toward about 40 anti-illegal immigration protesters, Wilson said, but it's unclear whether he struck someone. Deputies, already in the area to keep the peace, saw what happened, spoke with Maldonado and ran his name, Wilson said.
Maldonado led deputies on a short foot pursuit after they discovered that he had an active warrant. Specifics about the warrant are unclear, Wilson said.
Also unclear is whether Maldonado had any connection to the day labor site or the protesters there, she added. Other than this incident, the protest was peaceful.
"You have an isolated, small incident," Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said. "It's too bad that that even happened. Other than that it was really peaceful."
CONTACT US: 714-796-7829 or ccarcamo@ocregister.com
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