Tag: Arizona

Eye In The Sky Drone Captures Mexican Drug Cartel Camp on Other Side of Arizona’s Border Wall

This is the fifth and final article in a series on illegal drug and human smuggling along Arizona’s border with Mexico. ARIVACA, Ariz.—The first gunshots seemed to come down the mountain on the other side of Arizona’s border fence with Mexico, just east of Arivaca, where rival drug cartel factions battle to the death for…


Drone Captures Images of Mexican Drug Cartel Camp

This is the fifth and final article in a series on illegal drug and human smuggling along Arizona’s border with Mexico. ARIVACA, Ariz.—The first gunshots seemed to come down the mountain on the other side of Arizona’s border fence with Mexico, just east of Arivaca, where rival drug cartel factions battle to the death for…


Arizona Gov. Ducey Visits Taiwan, Meets President Tsai

TAIPEI, Taiwan—Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday hailed economic and educational cooperation with Taiwan, marked by a $12 billion investment in his state by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. Ducey spoke during a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, in the latest of a series of visits by U.S. political leaders that have stirred the ire…


Gates Left Open to Prevent Flooding Highlight Breaches, Weaknesses In Arizona’s Wall With Mexico

This is the fourth article in a series on illegal drug and human smuggling along Arizona’s border with Mexico. DOUGLAS, Ariz.—The Chevy pickup truck growled like a wary pitbull as it crept along the narrow dirt road parallel to Arizona’s southern border wall fence with Mexico. Sam, the owner of a private Arizona security firm,…


Arizona Supreme Court: Soros-Backed Ballot Measure to Roll Back Election Law Can’t be on Ballot

A ballot measure backed by billionaire George Soros will not be on November’s ballot in Arizona after the state’s Supreme Court ruled the measure didn’t have enough signatures. The Aug. 26 ruling upheld one hours earlier from Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joseph Mikitish, who said that the initiative was disqualified because not enough valid signatures…


Illegal Immigration Keeps Arizona Cattle Ranchers Armed, Awake at Night on the Border

This is the third article in a series on illegal drug and human smuggling along Arizona’s border with Mexico. PALOMINAS, Ariz.—Cattle ranchers Joe and Patty Scelso didn’t always feel the need to carry sidearms walking on their property. Twenty-eight years ago, the Rockin JP Ranch was their dream of a country homestead come true—103 acres…


2 Die, 5 Injured in Phoenix Shooting Rampage; Suspect Dead

PHOENIX—Two people were killed and five injured—including two police officers—when a man began shooting at random in Phoenix on Sunday night before killing himself, authorities said. Phoenix police identified the man on Monday as 24-year-old Isaiah Steven Williams. They said he was found to have a single gunshot wound to the head, consistent with a…


Cowboy Realist Paints Western Ranch Life in Glorious Oil Color, Tells How He Learned Art, Lived Off Grid

Setting the mood for a cowboy painting, 65-year-old New Mexico artist Tim Cox begins mounting a smoothly primed board on easel, and, paintbrush in hand, applies ever-so-thinly diluted washes of lightly pigmented tones of oil and spirits. This is how a Western realist oil painting starts. He masses-in main shapes first, fuzzy blobs, no details…


Derek Chauvin Moved From Minnesota State Prison to Arizona Federal Prison

Former police officer Derek Chauvin has been moved from a Minnesota state prison where he was often held in solitary confinement to a medium-security federal prison in Arizona. Chauvin, who was convicted in George Floyd’s killing, was taken Wednesday from a maximum-security prison in a Minneapolis suburb, where he often spent most of his day in…


Border Patrol Rescues Toddler, Infant in Arizona Desert

A toddler and an infant were recently rescued in western Arizona’s Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument after they were abandoned by illegal immigrant smugglers. On Thursday, an illegal immigrant who was among a group of arrested border crossers alerted border patrol regarding the children’s location. An agent then discovered a 4-month-old infant and a crying…