Like the Minutemen, Texas Rangers not welcome at the border

Sep 242009
 
 24/09/2009  Posted by PMC at 14:46 on 24/09/2009 Comments Off
Like the Minutemen, Texas Rangers not welcome at the border

McALLEN, Texas — Rancher Mike Landry recently came upon a group of unarmed men dressed in camouflage burglarizing his guest house and stealing a truck from his 11,000 acres in Terrell County, rugged country bordering the Rio Grande in West Texas. A couple of shots over their heads from his hunting rifle kept nine of them, all Mexican citizens, in place until Border Patrol agents arrived. “It has really gotten to be pretty spooky,” said Landry, who has run cattle in the area for 29 years. Stories like Landry’s seem to bolster Gov. Rick Perry’s recent decision to send elite ….Read More

Feuding in the ranks of the vigilantes – Second Minuteman Group in Bitter Split

Oct 092007
 
 09/10/2007  Posted by PMC at 05:55 on 09/10/2007 Comments Off

For the second time this year, a major American nativist group has splintered amidst a welter of accusations of financial improprieties and mismanagement.Dissatisfied rumblings from officials in the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (MCDC) turned to a roar this May, when MCDC President Chris Simcox responded to questions about his financial accountability and “micromanagement” of MCDC with a purge. Calling their request for a May 19 meeting an attempted “palace coup,” Simcox, well known for his authoritarian leadership style, peremptorily fired three national officers, one regional leader, and 14 of MCDC’s 27 state leaders. The ousted leaders responded with a public ….Read More

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