The items posted in this column are provided by George Taylor, a retired Border Patrol agent.

commentary on arrest of Arizona rancher

https://www.foxnews.com/us/gofundme-boots-campaign-arizona-rancher-held-1m-bond-murder-migrant-shot-property

Apparently, on January 30, 2023 Allen Kelly called Border Patrol reporting aliens running on his property and was unsure if he was being shot at. That was at 2:40 PM in the vicinity of Kelly Ranch. The question that should be asked is, "why did Kelly call Border Patrol instead of the Sheriff's Office?" And, did Border Patrol notify the Sheriff's Office of the 2:40 PM report and if Border Patrol did notify the Sheriff's Office what did the Sheriff's Office do about it? Obviously, Kelly thought he may have been shot at.

Later, at 5:50 PM, the Sheriff's Office reported that they received another call of shots fired in the area and at 6:42 PM discovered a body. So, was the Sheriff's Officers in the area before three hours after the first report and if not why not? The timeline suggests the S.O. did not respond to the area until after the 5:50 PM report and does not state how, when, where the body was found.

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Migrant shot dead by Arizona rancher who is held on $1M for murder charge was deported several times before: report

Migrant shot dead by Arizona rancher held on $1M for murder charge was deported several times before: report

https://www.foxnews.com/us/migrant-shot-dead-arizona-rancher-held-1m-murder-charge-deported-several-times-report 

George Alan Kelly is charged with the murder of a man tentatively identified as Mexican migrant Gabriel Cuen-Butimea

By Danielle Wallace

 Fox News

A migrant, who was allegedly shot and killed by an elderly Arizona rancher whom a judge ordered held on $1 million bail despite pleas that his wife is left alone on their property near the U.S.-Mexico border, had been deported several times before the deadly encounter, according to records obtained by the Daily Mail.

George Alan Kelly, 73, was charged with first-degree murder in connection to the shooting of a man authorities believe to be 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Butimea, based on the Mexican voter registration card he carried. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office in Nogales, Arizona, said Cuen-Butimea's body was found with one gunshot wound about 100 to 150 yards from Kelly's home on Jan. 30. 

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Migrants are turning the El Paso airport into a makeshift shelter as the city struggles to deal with ongoing invasion of Texas 

Cassie B 
November 17, 2022

(Natural News) A dramatic surge of immigrants crossing the U.S. border into El Paso, Texas, is overwhelming the city's airport, where stranded migrants with no other options have been camping on the floor.

El Paso recently ended a charter bus program that brought nearly 11,000 immigrants to New York City across the span of two months, citing a drop in arrivals and funding concerns. Since then, migrants entering the country at the biggest border city in Texas have been depending on commercial buses and the airport to head out of town to other destinations. However, many of those at the airport do not have flights booked and have instead been using it as a place to stay.

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