BISBEE, Ariz. — The frustration is palpable. It’s on the faces of ranchers who work within arm’s reach of loaded rifles for their own safety, and who shake their heads when they talk about the effectiveness of the U.S. Border Patrol.
Some of them work in fear after a rancher was shot to death on his property in March by a suspected illegal immigrant.
The problem is visible: hidden cameras show hundreds of people streaming through the desert on a regular basis. Some carry what police say are 80-pound bundles of marijuana; others are young males and females looking for a better life.
The next day, piles of water bottles and backpacks litter the ranches in spots where they stopped to rest. On Monday, May 25, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office picked up yet another dead body just two miles from the border...
