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Arizona Spanish language radio station KMIA-AM (710) was knocked off the air this week when one or more undocumented welders used a blow torch to cut the steel support rods on four 197-foot tall radio towers, toppling them to the ground. Damage is estimated in the millions of dollars and the station expects to be off the air for several weeks.  Station manager Tom Duran said he was not sure if the unauthorized toppling of the radio towers was related to this week’s massive marches by illegal aliens and their supporters, which were organized in large part by Spanishlanguage radio...

Alpine, Calif. -- A group of illegal immigrants got lost in freezing, snowy country in eastern San Diego County and one died before six others were rescued Saturday, the Border Patrol said. The Mexican nationals, all men, became disoriented near Corte Madera in Pine Valley, a high-elevation rural area east of San Diego, Border Patrol spokesman Richard Kite said. A storm had dumped 8 inches to 1 1/2 feet of snow on the ground, he said. One of the men either had a cell phone or used a roadway call box to contact the California Highway Patrol at about 7:30...