[TigersEye]

Illegal activity, such as human and drug trafficking, has "pretty much been shut down" in Luna County since 2005, Cobos said, but he acknowledged the "big potential for violence" at any time.

Buried way down in the article it finally gets to who the threat is. Illegal aliens.

"Our concern is if we interrupt any [illegal] activity," Gomez said. "I really care about [the inspectors]. I don't want anything to happen to them."

Yes, we have to protect those inspectors who go out there once a year. Tough luck for the ranchers and others who live there year around.

"We're pushing for it so that it's not going to be just this year," he said. "We'd like to see it until activity settles down a little bit along the border area."

With no action from the 0bammy Feds to secure the border and active opposition from them against the states securing their borders when will that activity "settle down a little bit?"

[Tijeras_Slim]

The illegal problem in NM isn’t as bad as in AZ or CA due to our much smaller economy and population (there’s less than 2 million in the state), plus the native hispanic population is largely less than ‘welcoming’.

The ranchers are pretty good at taking care of themselves.