Facing South: The Minutemen Are Coming

Facing South: The Minutemen Are Coming: "Residents of South Texas, watch out – the civilian border patrol denounced by President Bush as “vigilantes” has plans to start patrolling the Texas border with Mexico in October. However, the Minutemen are a little apprehensive, worried that much of the land along the Rio Grande is privately-owned or else urbanized, and that land owners and city-dwellers will not take kindly to their armed presence. The vigilantes are also concerned about violent drug cartels who frequent the region, though their leader, Chris Simcox, has suggested that they might try to disrupt the drug trade."