December 16, 2006

Fox Gambit Pays Off
Tribal Links to Mexico Trump Loyalty to U.S.

Historical Context: "About 8,000 Mexican horse riders are taking part in a parade along a 50 kilometre stretch of the border with the United States to underline the traditions linking the indigenous people on both sides of the frontier." - BBC 4/21/2002
Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- December 15
Schaler, KNXV: It's the National Guard's job to keep a close eye on the Arizona border, and specifically look for drug smugglers trying to bring in large drug loads like this. But now one community on the Tohono O'odham Indian Nation, the Pisinemo District, has passed a resolution to keep the National Guard out, shutting down one key lookout site.
Johnson Jose: That would prohibit them, you know, the National Guard, with their weapons, using our peaks as observatory peaks... |
Border Patrol Agent: If you can imagine the amount of drugs and the amount of violence that comes with the drugs coming through a certain corridor because we're not allowed to be out there, it can get pretty nasty.
Video   Watch: DOJ // DHS // Tribes 
TranscriptAP Internal Use Only 
American Border Patrol to the rescue

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