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DOUGLAS - The leader of an Arizona militia group says he is drawing the line when it comes to a planned monthlong operation by a Californian to bring in hundreds of volunteers to Cochise County to secure the border. Casey Nethercott said the Minuteman Project led by Jim Gilchrist has been infiltrated by skinhead, neo-Nazi, white supremacists and if any of them trespass on Arizona Guard property he and his soldiers will react and take them into custody. However, Chris Simcox, one of the co-organizer of the Minuteman Project, said it sounds like Nethercott is missing the media spotlight and...

You've read about him. You've seen him on TV. A sappy network TV movie about him, starring Corbin Bernsen, is now doing re-run hell on the Lifetime Channel. To believe the conventional wisdom, Morris Dees, Jr. is a brave man who protects Blacks and Jews against White Supremacist Klansmen. That's the PR, anyway. The truth is otherwise. The real Morris Dees, chief of the misnamed Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), is using our courts to take American land from Americans and give it to illegal aliens. If this is the new civil rights, Martin Luther King, Jr. must be turning...

Two Salvadoran immigrants booted off a South Texas ranch in 2003 by the vigilante group Ranch Rescue were awarded a chunk of land from one of the participants in the clash that had spawned civil suits and criminal charges. An attorney for the immigrants called it "poetic justice." The 70-acre ranch, near the Arizona-Mexico border, was believed to be used to train militias. It belonged to Casey Nethercott, 37, who's serving a five-year sentence since a Jim Hogg county jury found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm during the scuffle with the immigrants near Hebbronville....

By ANDREW POLLACK Published: August 19, 2005 DOUGLAS, Ariz., Aug. 18 - Spent shells litter the ground at what is left of the firing range, and camouflage outfits still hang in a storeroom. Just a few months ago, this ranch was known as Camp Thunderbird, the headquarters of a paramilitary group that promised to use force to keep illegal immigrants from sneaking across the border with Mexico. Now, in a turnabout, the 70-acre property about two miles from the border is being given to two immigrants whom the group caught trying to enter the United States illegally. The land transfer...

Two years after a harrowing encounter between illegal immigrants and members of Ranch Rescue, the two immigrants are legal and two of the alleged vigilantes are behind bars. Although neither side claimed total victory in a Jim Hogg County civil lawsuit over the incident, the 229th District Court handed down a $1.35 million default judgement in April against two former members of Ranch Rescue who were already in prison. "We believe the suit has gone a long way in keeping these vigilantes out of South Texas," said Ricardo de Anda, an attorney for the plaintiffs. A Texas chapter of Ranch...

HEBBRONVILLE, Texas - It will be at least five years before Casey Nethercott can get his civil liberties restored. As of Monday, he was a guest of the Texas prison system, starting a five-year sentence for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, said Rudy Gutierrez, an assistant district attorney in Jim Hogg County. Nethercott will not be returning to Arizona in the near future and will not have his civil rights restored "anytime soon," Gutierrez said. The man, once connected with Ranch Rescue, an organization that was formed to stop illegal immigrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexican border,...

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By Ignacio Ibarra ARIZONA DAILY STAR A second border-militia leader was arrested on weapons charges by the FBI this week, and one arrested last week will remain in federal custody because he's considered a threat to public safety. Ranch Rescue founder Torre John Foote, 47, also known as Jack Foote, was arrested by the FBI in Sierra Vista on Monday afternoon on a charge of illegal possession of a weapon, stemming from a 1996 misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence in Mineral County, Mont. He is scheduled for a detention hearing in federal court this morning. On Wednesday, a federal judge...

DOUGLAS - Around 1 a.m. Thursday, Bill Dore received a call from a friend asking him to watch over his ranch and his two dogs. When Dore went to the ranch complex of three buildings, he was refused entrance because the compound was under the control of the FBI. Dore received the call from Casey James Nethercott, who at the time of phone talk was in FBI custody at the Cochise County Jail in Bisbee. Nethercott, 37, told him that Kalen Robert Riddle, who is called "Tiny" - though he weighs more than 350 pounds - had been shot. "He...

DOUGLAS - A man who believed in armed patrols of the border was arrested Wednesday night, and another man, described as his bodyguard, was wounded by an FBI agent. As FBI agents were in the process of arresting Casey James Nethercott in the parking lot of the Safeway store in Douglas, Kalen Robert Riddle was shot. The incident took place around 11:15 p.m. Charlene Thornton, special agent in charge of the FBI's Phoenix office, said both men engage in threatening activities as an arrest warrant was served. "Actions taken by Nethercott and Riddle led one of the FBI agents to...

An FBI agent shot and wounded a man as agents arrested a member of a Southeastern Arizona border rights group. The group known as Ranch Rescue has had problems with federal law enforcement officers. Border Patrol helicopters hovered above the Ranch Rescue headquarters on the outskirts of Douglas. The ranch is lcoated 1/2 mile from the U.S./Mexico border. It's owned by Casey James Nethercott. Officials say at 11:15 Wednesday night, FBI agents arrested the 37-year-old convicted felon at the Safeway parking lot in Douglas. He's charged with assault on a federal officer. During the arrest, authorites say, "Actions taken by...

FBI shooting leaves vigilante's cohort critical LUKE TURF Tucson Citizen A 22-year-old man shot by an FBI agent in Douglas Wednesday night was in critical condition early this morning at University Medical Center, officials said. Kalen Riddle was shot in a Safeway parking lot as FBI agents tried to arrest Casey Nethercott, a border militia organizer, the FBI said yesterday. When agents confronted the men, "actions taken by Nethercott and Riddle led one of the FBI agents to fire his weapon at Riddle, who was wounded," according to an FBI news release. Nethercott, 37, was arrested in the parking lot...

TWO VIDEO LINKS ON RIGHT HAND SIDE PLAYLIST!! An FBI agent shot an acquaintance of a border watch group member while trying to serve an arrest warrant, FBI officials said Thursday. The shooting happened about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday in a grocery store parking lot in Douglas along the southeastern Arizona border with Mexico. According to the FBI, the agent was trying to serve an arrest warrant on Casey Nethercott of Douglas. Nethercott is a known member of Ranch Rescue, a group that works to protect private property along the southern U.S. border. Ranch Rescue and several other unauthorized groups have...

PHOENIX (AP) -- An FBI agent shot an acquaintance of a border watch group member while trying to serve an arrest warrant, FBI officials said Thursday. The shooting happened about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday in a grocery store parking lot in Douglas along the southeastern Arizona border with Mexico. According to the FBI, the agent was trying to serve Casey Nethercott of Douglas. Nethercott is a known member of Ranch Rescue, a group that works to protect private property along the southern U.S. border. Ranch Rescue and several other unauthorized groups have been patrolling along the border looking for illegal immigrants,...

An FBI agent shot an acquaintance of a border-watch group member while trying to serve an arrest warrant, FBI officials said Thursday. The shooting happened about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday in a grocery store parking lot. According to the FBI, the agent was trying to serve Casey Nethercott of Douglas, Ariz. Nethercott is a known member of Ranch Rescue, a group that works to protect private property along the southern U.S. border. At the time, Nethercott was with 22-year-old Kalen Riddle, also of Douglas. Charlene Thorton, special agent in charge of the Phoenix FBI office, said that "actions taken by Nethercott...

South Texas ranch at center of storm over effort to stem illegal immigration HEBBRONVILLE (AP) — A South Texas couple says the U.S. Border Patrol hasn't been much help in stemming the flow of illegal immigrants who make their way into the country across their ranch land. After continuing to find broken fences, food containers and other messes from migrants, Joe and Betty Lou Sutton last year called on Ranch Rescue, an Arizona-based group of armed vigilantes who believe citizens should protect the U.S.-Mexican border themselves. Now, the Suttons' ranch is at the center of a federal court case alleging...

COMING TO AMERICA Convoy of illegals tries to run down agents Border officers stop 6 of 12 pickups, 165 aliens found in truck beds Posted: March 22, 2004 5:00 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A convoy of 12 pickup trucks crammed with illegal aliens barreled over the U.S.-Mexico border and attempted to run down approaching Border Patrol agents. In the unprecedented move, six of the pickups were stopped, while six escaped back to Mexico, reported the Tucson Citizen. In the vehicles authorities were able to stop, agents found 165 suspected illegals in the beds of the trucks, said Greg Maier,...

<p>Troops help drug, people smugglers and will be shot, says leader of armed patrol in Douglas.</p> <p>DOUGLAS - Rhetoric along the Mexican border here is rising, with a heavily armed group of residents declaring war on the Mexican military, and the mayor thinks chances are rising that someone will get hurt.</p>

Barbara SimpsonBabe In The Bunker Watch out hens, the Fox is back! Posted: March 8, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Look at the headlines! Sept. 11 widows outraged over Bush commercials. Democrats empowered by Kerry's wins. Defiance of the law spreads as homosexual marriages continue. Arguments about Iraq. Arguments about indecent media. What's missing? Probably the most important story, but because of media sensitivityabout illegal aliens, the reality sails under their radar. Oh, there's superficial news coverage. We hear about ranch tours and comfortable meals but not much about the real reasons for the confab Ð agreements that will...

An official with a civilian border group says a squad of Mexican soldiers opened fire on a position only moments after it was vacated by group volunteers patrolling private property near Douglas, Ariz. Jack Foote, national spokesman for property protection group Ranch Rescue, told NewsMax a reconnaissance squad of his volunteers spotted two armed Mexican soldiers wearing green combat fatigues and Kevlar helmets on U.S. soil adjacent to property the group was asked to protect. Foote said his volunteers, part of a mission Ranch Rescue dubbed "Operation Thunderbird," deployed at the landowner's request to interdict smuggling of illegal aliens and...