Arizona Border Recon

Arizona Border Recon
Abbreviation AZBR
Formation 2011
Type Paramilitary militia
Location
Key people
 Tim Foley (founder)
Volunteers (2018)
250
Website www.arizonaborderrecon.org

Arizona Border Recon (AZBR) is an American paramilitary militia group in Arizona composed of former military, law enforcement and private security contractors.[1] The group was featured in the 2015 documentary Cartel Land. According to Chicago Film Critics Association member Bill Stamets, the documentary was inspired by a December, 2012 Rolling Stone report.[2]

The group was formed in 2011 by Tim Foley, a former construction supervisor and United States Army veteran, who served in the 82nd Airborne Division.[3][4][5] As of March 2018, the group had 250 volunteers operating in the Altar Valley around Sasabe, Arizona,[4][6][7][8][9] armed with personal weapons including pistols, shotguns and semi-automatic rifles. AZBR originally targeted illegal immigration, but as of 2015 had a stated goal of disrupting drug smuggling and trafficking across the United States–Mexico border[3] and preventing infiltration by foreign terrorists.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Tim Gaynor (October 26, 2014), Desert Hawks: Paramilitary veterans group stakes out US-Mexico borderlands, Al Jazeera
  2. ↑ Bill Stamets (July 22, 2015), "Cartel Land: civilian outliers versus outlaw capitalists", billstamets.com (blog)
  3. 1 2 "Arizona Border Recon" (Streaming audio), Latino USA, NPR, August 28, 2015
  4. 1 2 Damon Tabor (December 20, 2012), "Border of Madness", Rolling Stone, pp. 96–101, document ID 1269705456 – via ProQuest
  5. ↑ Casimiro, Bob (25 May 2015). "Despite Border Patrol's best efforts, our border is still wide open". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. ↑ David Sim (November 17, 2016), "Heavily armed civilian vigilantes patrol US-Mexico border for illegal immigrants", International Business Times
  7. ↑ Navideh Forghani (November 24, 2015), Arizona Border Recon takes border protection into their own hands, KNXV-TV News (ABC 15)
  8. ↑ Tim Steller (May 27, 2012), "Militias in Arizona thrive despite lack of authorizing law", Arizona Daily Star
  9. ↑ Ehrich, Issio (16 March 2018). "Der Harte, der Hund und die Wüste" [The Tough Guy, the Dog and the Desert] (in German). Cologne: n-tv. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  10. ↑ Peter Holley (November 25, 2015), "These armed civilians are patrolling the border to keep ISIS out of America", The Washington Post

Further reading

  • Laura Mallonee (September 23, 2015), "On a Mission With the Men of Arizona Border Recon", Wired
  • Neil Kremer & Cory Johnson (June 15, 2016), See the members of this unofficial border patrol: The Arizona Border Recon aims to provide intel and back-up for federal officers at the U.S.-Mexican border, High Country News
  • "Eyes on the Line", Tucson News Now (KOLD-TV), July 21, 2014
  • Kendal Blust (April 28, 2016), "Foley's War: Occupying the U.S.-Mexico Border", Arizona Sonora News Service, University of Arizona School of Journalism


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