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 American Border Patrol Detained
January 5, 2006 -- Members of the American Border Patrol were detained at Bisbee airport last evening following a flight of the Border Hawk M. Glenn Spencer and Mike King were held for nearly an hour next to the Cessna TU-206 while the Border Patrol checked them out. "I don't understand why this happened," said Spencer, head of ABP, "the Agents told us they knew who we are and I have personally met with the head of the flight operations for Tucson Sector Customs and Border Protection to coordinate our efforts." Spencer said that for the first twenty minutes of detention, a Customs/Border Patrol Lear Jet circled the airport at about 2,000 feet. He found out from the agent's radio that it was watching the action on the ground with an infrared camera. "I didn't even know they had a Lear that could do that," Spencer said, "And to think the first time I learn about it they are tracking me."
Group of about twenty people hiding in wash just south of U.S./Mexico border, January 4, 2006. One can be seen waving at Border Hawk M operated by American Border Patrol. Illegal border crossers use deep washes and arroyos to hide from U.S. Border Patrol (See video - broad band only) - Blur is due vibration - ABP is working on the problem.
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