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<p>Land Grab: The Bureau of Land Management plans a Bundy-like seizure of New Mexico land for a national monument that will restrict Border Patrol access and provide an open corridor for drug and human traffickers.</p> <p>In August 2002, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Ranger Kris Eggle was killed in the line of duty. Allegedly the killers were drug smugglers crossing through the Arizona park, which shares a border with Mexico. Since Eggle's death, Organ Pipe has been called the most dangerous park in America.</p>

Bob Eggle says that a more secure border could have prevented his son's death. A grieving father whose son was killed by a suspected drug smuggler crossing the border illegally has come to Southern Arizona to show support for the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. The border watch group intensified its patrols over the weekend. In August of 2002, 28-year-old Park Ranger Kris Eggle was killed as he pursued a Mexican national who illegally entered the U.S. through the border town of Sonoita, Sonora, Mexico. Kris Eggle’s father, Bob Eggle, says a more secure border could have prevented the death, and...

CADILLAC - Kris Eggle may be alive today if the government fully funded and equipped the Border Patrol, Bob Eggle said this week during testimony in Washington.Eggle, whose son Kris was killed while working as National Park Service Ranger in Organ Pipe Cactus National Park on Aug. 9, 2002. Eggle testified before the Subcommitte on Immigration Border Border Security and Claims Oversight Hearing."On Aug 9, 2002, my son made that supreme sacrifice in defending our country at the border. That was my personal 9-11." Eggle said. "You may be asking yourself why I am here testifying today. The (answer) is...

The only man to be charged in the killing of park ranger Kris Eggle was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 15 1/2 years in prison. Dionicio Ramírez López appeared before Judge Frank R. Zapata to be sentenced for aiding and abetting the transportation of a stolen vehicle, aiding and abetting assault with a dangerous weapon and firing a weapon during a violent crime. The courtroom was packed with uniformed National Park Service rangers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and members of the Sonora State Judicial Police, whose commander came to recount the Aug. 9, 2002, chain of events...

Herald/Review WASHINGTON -- In late February, a congressman from Colorado and another U.S. representative from Michigan visited Cochise County to gather information about the illegal activities occurring along the border with Mexico. Both U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo and U.S. Rep. Peter Hoekstra, who are Republicans, criticized some members of the Arizona congressional delegation for not taking actions to help their constituents in Cochise County. U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe, a Republican whose 8th Congressional District includes Cochise County, and U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., were specifically named by Tancredo as being lax on border issues. Tancredo, who represents Colorado's 6th Congressional...

On Aug. 12, CNN aired a "breaking" news conference to update viewers on a matter it considered of global importance: the medical condition of Jason Priestley -- a washed-up, 32-year-old former TV idol who sustained moderate injuries during a Kentucky auto race over the weekend. On Aug. 12, more than 700 mourners from across the country gathered to mark the tragic murder of Kris Eggle -- a 28-year-old National Park Service ranger who was gunned down near the U.S.-Mexico border last week. Not a single national network or cable news station mentioned the memorial service or the outrageous circumstances...