Fighting drugs and border violence at Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument: What about the ranger’s M14 rifle, Yogi?

ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. — On a hot desert morning last week, a group of 20 tourists gathered in the visitor center in Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to attend a mandatory safety briefing before taking a guarded van tour to Quitobaquito springs. The springs is part of the 69 percent of [...]

One of the 99% Cited In L.A. Arson Case

By Dan Whitcomb and Mary Slosson  1-5-12 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A German citizen was charged on Wednesday with setting dozens of fires across Los Angeles over the New Year’s weekend in a spree an arson investigator said was motivated by a “rage against Americans.” Harry Burkhart, 24, who is also wanted in Germany on [...]

Agents Uncover ‘Most Sophisticated’ Drug Tunnel in Years

By LEE FERRAN | ABC News – 21-1-11 Federal agents in California have uncovered the “most sophisticated” drug tunnel in years, the latest discovery in what an official said had become a “major phenomenon” in the war on drugs. A spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to give details on the tunnel which [...]

U.N. Climate Conference’s Goal? One-World Gov’t

IBD Editorial By PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY 11-29-11 THE NEW TOTALITARIANISM = “collaborative consensus building” The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, opening on Nov. 28, called COP-17, is one of a series of U.N. meetings working toward a specific goal. Advertising for this meeting features a long list of celebrities, including Angelina Jolie, [...]

Third tunnel in a week found under U.S.-Mexico border

By Tim Gaynor | Reuters 11-22-11 TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – Border police in Nogales, Arizona, uncovered a drug smuggling tunnel from Mexico, the latest in a spate of illicit passageways found under the border in recent days. The U.S. Border Patrol said the 319-foot long tunnel was discovered on Monday. It measured three feet wide [...]

RANDY PARRAZ: THE MAN WHO IS OUT TO DESTROY RUSSELL PEARCE.. AND AMERICA

To the Supporters of Jerry Lewis: Is This the America You Want? By Anita Christy www.GilbertWatch.com   You ought to do your homework about the man who led the recall against Senator Russell Pearce:  Randy Parraz.    Parraz, Democrat, born and reared in California, got a law degree from U.C. Berkeley, and a master’s in [...]

China dissident Ai Weiwei Launches Scathing Attack On Govt

8-29-11 BEIJING (Reuters) – Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has launched his first scathing attack on the Chinese government since his release from secretive detention in late June, accusing officials of denying citizens their basic rights. In a strongly worded commentary published late on Sunday on the website of Newsweek magazine, Ai — whose detention [...]

Officials Find More Tunnels Along Arizona Border

 8-29-11 Law-enforcement officials called to a housein Douglas last week found an unusual sight: a large hole in the floor of one room and mounds of dirt piled high in other rooms. The hole was the opening of a tunnel that drug smugglers were burrowing from the United States to Mexico.   It was the [...]

Drug smuggling tunnel found near Arizona border

Aug. 17, 2011 04:59 PM Associated Press NOGALES, Ariz. – Federal authorities say they’ve shut down a drug smuggling tunnel found in the Arizona border city of Nogales. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents identified the tunnel Tuesday after seizing more than 2,600 pounds of marijuana from three suspected drug smugglers. The tunnel is approximately [...]

Hezbollah Gaining Strength in Latin America

The Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah is expanding its influence in Latin America with the aid of Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela, according to testimony before the Committee on Homeland Security. At a July 7 committee meeting, Roger Noriega — former American ambassador to the Organization of American States — said Hezbollah has been establishing alliances with Mexican [...]