Kevin and I had a nice conversation yesterday afternoon. I've been keeping in touch with the local newspaper, the Sierra Vista Herald, since my trip's departure just to keep informed of any new events in Southeast Arizona. The wildfires from last week have been contained, the usual high amounts of drugs have been intercepted at the border and the usual bad guys have been apprehended in the area.
The county's Search and Rescue group, however, was busy this past weekend carrying out a dead hiker (heart attack) in the Huachuca Mountains, assisting a troubled kayaker along the San Pedro river, and finding and walking out with two other lost hikers in area mountain ranges.
But one sentence that did catch my attention was Kevin telling me that USBP helicopters were hovering over our neighborhood the night before with searchlights over the houses.
"I was briefly in the searchlights myself!" stated Kevin, adding that at that point the helicopter had circled close over our house. Kevin kept the dogs inside and went into the backyard to see what was going on.
So what WAS going on? The US Border Patrol does not publish its apprehensions unless a known criminal has been caught or a large amount of drugs has been discovered. Normally the illegals who come through our neighborhood avoid the lighted homes and run across the large ranch tracts a quarter mile away. Was there a large group of people searching for water or food? Were some drug runners evading authorities and wanting to hide in sheds, garages or dark shrubery? Did a neighbor spot and call in a group of dark-clothed illegals on their property?
And why was our home targeted? Were the tomatoes, potatoes and peppers growing in our backyard really that inticing for the illegals?
http://www.svherald.com/articles/2009/05/26/news/doc4a1b953202e58526515293.txt
http://www.svherald.com/articles/2009/05/25/news/doc4a1a3d893f054843626377.txt
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