Shadow Wolves: the world's best hunters of humans

SMH | December 27, 2011

[nickcarraway]

Shadow Wolves: the World's Best Hunters of Humans(Can't be posted, per FR rules)

[UncleHambone]

Education, veterans, illegal aliens...my interest is piqued, yet I don’t dare to follow a link with an epic title but no explanation...

[Smokin' Joe]

"Last December, Brian Terry, 40, a border agent and former marine, was killed in a shoot-out with Mexican bandits who were preying on illegal immigrants."

Wrong. Apparently, Agent Terry was cut down by members of a 'Rip Team' acting on information fed to them by an FBI informant who may have participated in the shooting. At least two "Fast and Furious" weapons were involved.

Somehow, saying it was just a shootout with Mexican bandits preying on illegal immigrants does not even begin to pursue the justice Agent Terry's death demands.

[Liberty Valance]

The Shadow Wolves comprise a Immigration and Customs Enforcement tactical patrol unit based on the Native American Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona. Shadow Wolf officers are known for their ability to track aliens and drug smugglers as they attempt to smuggle their illegal commodities across the border. The unit boasts an esteemed history of tracking passed down from generation to generation. The name “Shadow Wolves” refers to the way the unit hunts like a wolf pack. The Shadow Wolves were founded in 1972 as an initiative undertaken by the U.S. Congress to track drug smugglers on Native American lands in the American Southwest. Despite possession of high-tech equipment, the unit relies mainly on traditional methods of tracking, primarily a technique called “cutting for sign.” “Cutting” is searching for and analyzing “sign,” which includes any kind of physical evidence (footprints, tire tracks, thread, clothing, etc.). Officers may spend hours or days tracking in the field following a “sign” until arrests and seizures are made, or it has been determined that the contraband has been loaded into a vehicle and transported from the area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Wolves

[spankalib]

Since ‘72? Wow. Bet these guys have some mad skillz by now...

Reminds me of Tom Brown Jr., who learned tracking from his (adopted) Apache grandfather, Stalking Wolf...
Good books to read on tracking...also from the ‘70’s.
I remember having a much greater appreciation for ‘things of nature’ after finishing a few. I didn’t let the ‘native american spirit-stuff’ bug me, and I don’t know the guy’s politics, just an fyi.
Cheers!

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