The Un-Official Border Blotter

07/10/12 – 07/28/12

"The Un-Official Border Blotter" seeks to fill the void created by the U.S Customs and Border Protection's decision to stop reporting border incidents to the public in a concise manner.

"The Un-Official Border Blotter" chronicles day-to-today border incidents related to drug and human smuggling....obtained from official and un-official sources.

Also, be sure to visit http://www.secureborderintel.org/

"Documenting the porous US/Mexico Border"

NEW ! Check out the link below for Border Incidents reported by BLM

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

Arizona Serious Incident Reports

http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/law-enf/incidents.print.htm

ALSO !.... Check out the link below to see the Border Blotter cumulative summary map documenting all Border Blotter incidents since January 1, 2012.

http://www.secureborderintel.org/BorderBlotter/Incidents063012.JPG

Notes : * “Red Flag” incidents depicted on maps are cumulative from report to report.

* “Red Flag” incidents accompanied by GPS coordinates are described within this report and time frame

* “Red Flag” incidents accompanied by a descriptive annotation are current since the beginning of 2012

• “46” = drugs.. usually marijuana• “IAs” = Illegal Aliens• 10-15 means “in custody” • “Packers” are drug smugglers• “Bailout” = individuals who abscond from a traffic stop

07/10/12 – 0900 – Border Patrol tracking extensive foot sign underneath the culvert at MP 127, SR86 on the Tohono O'odham Reservation

07/10/12 – 0900 – 911 call, IA in distress, MP 4, Federal Route 15 on the Tohono O'odham Reservation

07/10/12 – 1000 – Border Patrol tracking a group of 9 IAs in Sierra Canyon south of Arivaca, AZ

07/10/12 – 1000 – Border Patrol tracking a group of IAs of unknown size 5 miles north of SR86, MP 127 Tohono O'odham Reservation

07/10/12 – 1400 – BP rendering assistance to a 30 year old female IA complaining of chest pains. Question arises if she took “little yellow pills”, drank cow water, allergies or diabetic. Location somewhere near Arivaca, AZ

07/10/12 – 1800 - Border Patrol tracking a group of 15 IAs, 15 miles north of the border, northwest of Sasabe in the Baboquivari Mountains @N31 42.422, W111 39.442

07/12/12 – 0500 – Border Patrol tracking a group of 10 “Packers” crossing Federal Route 35, 6.5 north of MP 127, SR86 on the Tohono O'odham Reservation @N32 05.662, W111 40.442

07/12/12 – 0900 – 911 call, 12 miles southeast of Three Points, AZ & 2 miles north of McGee Ranch @N31 55.678, W111 11.644 . Disposition unknown.

07/12/12 – 2100 - Border Patrol tracking a group of IAs of unknown size 4 miles north of near Lesna Peak, south of Arivaca, AZ @N31 29.979, W111 23.976

07/14/12 – 0300 - Border Patrol tracking a group of IAs of unknown size 6 miles north of the border , 4 miles west of SR286, north west of Sasabe, AZ near Aros Ranch @N31 35.090, W111 35.806

07/14/12 – 1600 - Border Patrol assisting a severely dehydrated Arizona Game & Fish officer. EMT dispatched, transported to University Medical Center.

07/14/12 – 1700 – Border Patrol tracking a group of 10 IAs, 10 miles north of the border and just east of Arivaca Lake @N31 31.663, W111 13.402

07/14/12 – 1900 – Border Patrol tracking a group of 5 IAs near Jantana Ranch Road east of Arivaca, AZ

07/15/12 – 2100 - Border Patrol tracking a group of IAs of unknown size, 2 miles south of MP 4, Arivaca Road West, in the San Luis Wash @n31 36.550, W111 26.224

07/15/12 – 1800 - Border Patrol tracking a group of IAs of unknown size near Calata Well ? - location unknown.

07/16/12 – 0700 - Border Patrol tracking a group of 6 IAs, 3 miles east of MP 31, SR286, north of Sasabe, AZ @N31 52.983. W111 20.918

07/16/12 – 0900 - A dead body of female Mexican national was found 8 miles north of the border in Coyote Canyon, 1.2 miles south of the “Samaritan Water Drop” at “Deadman's

Pass” in the Baboquivari Mountains north of Sasabe @N31 38.331, W111 38.659

07/16/12 – 2000 – A “Phase II” 911 call was taken from 1 “quitter” out of a group of 17 IAs, 5 miles east of MP 34, SR286 (Caballo Loco Road) . Border Patrol helicopter was dispatched and the IA was located @N31 55.34, W111 18.40

07/17/12 – 0200 – Border Patrol tracking a group of IAs of unknown size, 20 miles north of the border in the Baboquivari Mountains north of Sasabe @N31 47.577, W111 35.600

07/18/12 – 1600 – Bailout – MP 126, SR86 on the Tohono O'odam Reservation

07/18/12 – 1700 – Border Patrol tracking a group of 4 IAs, 7 miles north of the POE at Sasabe , 2 miles east of MP 7, SR286 in the Aros Wash @N31 35.199, W111 34.051

07/18/12 – 1900 – Border Patrol “Omaha” helicopter looking for a group of 28 IAs, location unknown.

07/19/12 - 1300 – 911 call – 4 IAs in distress, 1 male, 3 females – Stomach aches & throwing up (Cow water ?), 5 miles north of Queen's Well, northwest of Three Points, AZ on the Tohono O'odham Reservation @n32 20.550, W111 36.158

07/19/12 – 1500 - Border Patrol “Omaha” helicopter spots 2 individuals in camo fatigues waving, 6 miles north east of Queen's Well near Koht Kohl Hill on the Tohono O'odham Reservation @N32 21.152, W111 34,834

07/20/12 – 2100 – 4 IAs in custody, 4 outstanding, in the Vamori Wash, 8 miles north of the border, northwest of the village of San Miguel on the Tohono O'odham Reservation @N31 41.627, W111 51.667

07/21/12 – 0900 – Border Patrol tracking a group of IAs near MP 134, SR86, west of Three Points, AZ

07/21/12 – 1200 – 911 call – 7 miles north west of the village of North Komelik on the Tohono O'odham Reservation @32 32.719, W112 03.522 Details & disposition unknown.

07/23/12 – 0200 – 2 “Packers” being tracked, 2 miles north of the Sopri Ranch, north of MP 18, Arivaca Road East @N31 44.57, W111 09.02.

07/23/12 – 0200 – Border Patrol has 6 - “10-15s” (in custody) near Three Points, AZ

07/23/12 – 1000 – Border Patrol tracking a group of IAs of unknown size near the MP 128 culvert, SR86, west of Three Points, AZ on the Tohono O'odham Reservation.

07/23/12 – 1000 – LE “stakeout” observes bales of marijuana being transferred between two vehicles that had both just driven into a car wash at Avondale, AZ (west of Phoenix)

07/23/12 – 1300 – Border Patrol tracking a group of 8-10 IAs, east of “Guache Peak” ? , location unknown.

07/23/12 – 1900 – Border Patrol “Omaha” helicopter spots an abandoned load vehicle, 6 miles northeast of Queens Well, northwest of Three Points, AZ on the Tohono O'odham Reservation @N32 13.31, W111 31.11

07/24/12 – 0700 - Border Patrol tracking a group of IAs of unknown size, 2 miles north of the POE at Sasabe, 2 miles west of MP 2, SR286 in the La Osa Wash @N31 30.863, W111 34.500

07/25/12 – 0200 – Border Patrol tracking a group of 7 IAs, 7 miles north of the border, west of the village of Cowlic on the Tohono O'odham Reservation @N31 45.78, W112 07.92

07/25/12 -0800 – Border Patrol tracking group “Packers” at some location along SR86, west of Three Points, AZ – 6 bundles of marijuana recovered.

07/26/12 – 0600 – 911 call – ¼ east of some “pole line” - location unknown.

07/26/12 – 0600 – Large group of IAs spotted by MSS Radar west of Cocoraque Butte, northwest of Three Points, AZ

07/26/12 – 1000 – Large group of 40+ on the Mexican side, staging near the vehicle barriers to come over “the line” south of Presumido/Capanera Peak in the Baboquivari Mountains west of Sasabe.

07/26/12 – 2000 – Large group of 24+ spotted at an unknown location.

07/26/12 – 2100 – Group of 7 “Packers” spotted 2 miles north of the border in the Pozo Verde mountains northwest of Sasabe, AZ @N31 31.548, W111 36.233

07/28/12 – 0900 – Group of 9 IAs being tracked (4 in custody, 5 outstanding) 13 miles north of the border in Jupiter Canyon in the Baboquivari Mountains northwest of Sasabe,

AZ @N31 41.862, W111 37.892

07/29/12 – 0100 - Border Patrol “Omaha” helicopter searching for a group of unknown size, 10 miles north of the border, southeast of Arivaca Lake @N31 30.040, W111 13.390