Reply #1: NM tends to be a pretty tolerant state [View All]

[Warpy]

and many of the ranchers on the border have put water and food along the trails so that people who are trying to cross won't die in the desert. None of them is ever prepared for the distance they'll have to walk and the number of days it will take.

Ranchers are reporting that the practice is getting dangerous, that if they're seen anywhere near the trails, people will wave guns, curse, and generally threaten them. This is thought to be due to the war on drugs and these are narcotics traffickers, not peasants looking for minimum wage jobs.

I'm not a bit surprised by this article. I'm just surprised it hasn't been reported more in the mainstream media. Things are getting tougher at the border.