May 11, 2005, 8:41PM
Minutemen plan Texas patrols
Border group says concerns over drugs and violence won't stop them
By EDWARD HEGSTROM
News Services
After spending a month engaged in a citizen patrol along the Arizona border, the Minutemen are finalizing plans to come to Texas.
Chris Simcox, the leader of the controversial Arizona group that is attempting to prevent the entry of illegal immigrants from Mexico, says he is considering October for the beginning of patrols along the Rio Grande in South Texas. Other patrols are being considered for New Mexico and California.
But Simcox says there are serious logistical problems for patrols in Texas. Most of the land along the Texas border is privately owned, and some of it is urbanized, unlike the open land the group monitored in Arizona.
And the same reports of drug violence that have scared some tourists away from the South Texas region have become a concern for the Minutemen.
"The Texas border is pretty dangerous right now," Simcox said. That won't scare the Arizona-based citizen patrols away, he said, but it does mean they will be more careful in planning their operations, which might even include efforts to disrupt the flow of drugs.
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Which photos do NOT reveal Chris Simcox?