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As Northern Arizona Coordinator for Ranch Rescue I wish to comment on the situation in TX.

It is the law in TX, as it is here in Arizona, that a trespasser MAY BE SEARCHED for weapons or contraband by the party detaining him/her. As we act as agents for the landowner, we have the same rights as he. This is not considered assault. This is allowed as a means of self-defense.

The men arrested were at all times in view of other members of Ranch Rescue as well as a French journalist whose affidavit will be presented to the court.

Some interesting facts pertain to this case and they point to collusion between the sheriff and the TX Rangers office to railroad RR members.

Just prior to the arrival of RR members on the property Sheriff Alarcon issued a warning about possible foreign troops being active. Men in fatigues doing military type exercises were "seen" many times OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS. Why the alert after that long a period of time?
Perhaps the sheriff didn't know where RR was operating and hoped a citizen would tell him of their whereabouts thinking they were foreign troops. Was he hoping a local would play hero and take a potshot at the RR members, provoking a return of gunfire so that he, the sheriff could "cook" the evidence to make it appear that the RR members had fired first? A story appears on the Ranch Rescue website, www.ranchrescue.com, which puts the Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Dep't. in a bad light concerning protecting citizens against criminal aliens. Is this the sheriff's revenge? Did his benefactors in the Mexican drug cartel order him to frame our men and supply him the illegals with which to do it? Why would a couple with guest worker visas cross illegally when they could have taken a bus across?

The feds, state gov'ts and county politicos have shown a great disdain for groups like Ranch Rescue, Civil Homeland Defense and American Border Patrol. Is this one way they hope to shut us down?

Why were the men arrested by the TX Rangers and not the sheriff? The sheriff is authorized to make arrests in the case of violation of state law.

The two RR members were taken to a Ranger barracks four hours from the site of the alleged incident. For several hours that day we were unable to find their location due to the "bureaucratic shuffle" played by the sheriff and Rangers.

One man requires insulin twice a day and was not allowed to have it. He ended up in the hospital due to internal bleeding. The other takes two meds for high blood pressure. It was taken to him by other volunteers at the site.

The men are being held for $200,000 bail each. This is probably a record for an assault case. Obviously, the judge is in on the scam!

The men were to be arraigned today but it will probably be postponed due to the hospitalization of one of them.

All the members of Ranch Rescue Arizona stand behind our friends and expect this kind of charade to continue as we hold more operations in the future. Not one member of RRAZ has called it quits. I believe none will!

David Cheney
Northern Arizona Coordinator fo Ranch Rescue

"I have the God-given right to defend myself; the God-given duty to defend my neighbor." The Captain

Well, it definitely sounds like political prosecution. BTW, can you provide cites for this?

It is the law in TX, as it is here in Arizona, that a trespasser MAY BE SEARCHED for weapons or contraband by the party detaining him/her.

I'm not challenging you, I want to have this available, as I'm trying to stay up to speed on the law regarding this matter.

Has anyone verified that the "guest worker visas" were in fact valid?