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Cattlemen Call For Government Action On Border Violence

APACHE - What should the government do to secure the border with Mexico? The Arizona Cattlemen's Association membership is preparing a list of action items and will present them to state and federal government officials in the near future.

In an interview Thursday, association member Basilio Aja said the 16-point plan wasn't ready to be released. He did say the plan, "Re-establish Our Border (ROB)," was named in honor of heritage rancher Robert Krentz, killed last Saturday allegedly by an undocumented alien. The proposal is in the final stages of formalization and does not look to place blame on any government agency.

Aja said he felt good about a meeting with area ranchers held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Wednesday night and that he hoped it was the first step toward a realization of the daily dangers that ranchers along the borderlands endure and toward an understanding that the time for talk is over.

"It's time for people to awaken and see the foreign invasion," he said. "We feel like we have been abandoned. We've been crying out for 10 years and no one has listened. We have the laws we need. They just need to be enforced."...