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  PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 19, 2006: A Matter of Numbers Experts say it's only a matter of time before an animal disease disaster strikes the unsecured U.S.-Mexico border By LEO W. BANKS Leo W. Banks Rancher John Ladd says the Border Patrol's Naco station, trying to be good neighbors, has sent out a four-man crew to make fence fixes along his borderland, farther from town. It's not much help. Leo W. Banks Dr. Gary Thrasher, a large animal vet in Hereford, near Sierra Vista, hesitates to name one disease, because there are so many. "I can give you a...

PUBLISHED ON MARCH 10, 2005: Under Siege As illegal immigrants surge across Southern Arizona, life for ranchers living near the border has become a living hell By LEO W. BANKS This is what it's like on the border now. Illegal immigrants bust gates open on ranches, creating expensive problems for ranchers. Rancher Fred Davis found several of his horses dying of dehydration after illegal immigrants locked them in a pasture away from their water supply. "We're tired of people who live in another country thumbing their noses at our laws, our culture and our customs, and threatening what we've spent...

email this article print this article PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 11, 2005: Images From the Battleground Ranchers 75 miles from Tucson say bad border policies have resulted in a daily invasion of drugs, death, pollution and violence By LEO W. BANKS email the Weekly Feature Leo W. Banks An illegal alien dump site two miles northeast of Lyle Robinson's ranch house. Feature Leo W. Banks Border patrol checks on an overturned smuggling vehicle on Tres Bellotas Road, July 28, 2005. Feature Leo W. Banks An Arizona Department of Transportation official checks an abandoned smuggler vehicle on Jarillas Ranch. Feature Leo W....