QUECHAN
Sleepy Hollow RV Park
369 Algodones Road; Winterhaven, Ca. 92283 Phone/Fax (760) 572-5101
Located Next to the Mexican Border Crossing. (Hwy # 186)
Walking Distance to Los Algodones, B.C.; Mexico
RV Park Rates
No Reservations, No Refunds (Office open 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Az. Time Mon. - Fri)
(Office Closed Sat. And Sunday)
Full Hook UpMonthly$ 350.00+ Electric
Water, Electric & SewerWeekly$ 150.(Electric Included)
Daily$ 50.(Electric Included)
Dry CampMonthly$ 110.
Weekly$ 50.
Daily$ 15.
Dry Camp includes the use of: (Showers, Laundry, Water, and Dump Station)
Non - Resident Services
Dump Station + Water (Non - residents) $ 10.00
Water & Shower Only (Non - residents) $ 2.00
Resident and Non-Residents
Ice Bag (ten pounds) $ 2.00
Park Manager - Ray
Assistant Manager. - “G”
03/01/2012
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
yuma Graffiti Mom Son Arrested
A 17-year-old male was arrested after school for being linked to dozens of graffiti incidents.
Yuma Police Department says the teenager has been linked to about 40 incidents of graffiti around the city of Yuma since 2009.
The teenager's mother, 39-year-old Valeria Guerra was arrested yesterday for hindering prosecution and two counts of attempting to influence a witness.
YPD says the charges stem from a recent attempt to bribe a victim not to prosecute her son.
Police say the teenager is responsible for over $7,000 worth of property damage.
Yuma Marine
Yuma, AZ - The United States Marine Corps Battle Color Detachment filled the field at the Marine Air Corps Station in Yuma wowing crowds with their sequences.
"Getting to put on the uniform and see the smiles on not only veterans but even children who can't even walk and seeing them smile and clapping gets me going," says Sergeant Lauren Schoener with the Drum and Bugle Corps.
The Battle Color Detachment is a ceremonial unit from Washington D.C. made up of the Drum and Bugle Corps, the Silent Drill Platoon and Color Guard. Each year this highly skilled unit travels worldwide to demonstrate the discipline and professionalism of the United States Marines.
Although the performances are seamless, they don't come easy according to Carlton Williams who is a part of the Silent Drill Platoon.
"We practice a lot. Roughly between 8 and 12 hours a day, that's in our school from November to February and during normal days we practice about 3 hours a day," says Williams.
In addition to this event, Marine Aircraft Group 13 celebrated their 70th anniversary.
During this celebration they named a room in honor of Col. Fred Cone who is a Vietnam Veteran and recipient of a Navy Cross Medal.
This medal is the second highest one can be awarded in the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
"I didn't ever think anything like this would ever happen to Fred Cone the Marine. But it did and I feel very honored and humbled that the group commander and the Marines have chosen to name a room after me. I know they had a lot of choices they could have made from and a lot of very important people," say Col. Cone.
Col. Cone worked as a Marine for 30 years and says he enjoyed serving our country.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
100 of those Caught only 23 prosecuted
Why do they CBP spending so much money if they don't prosecute anyone?
About 77 percent of the 327,577 illegal aliens caught along the Mexican border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) during fiscal 2011 were not prosecuted, according to government data analyzed by the office of Rep. John Culberson.
About 77 percent of the 327,577 illegal aliens caught along the Mexican border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) during fiscal 2011 were not prosecuted, according to government data analyzed by the office of Rep. John Culberson.
The Texas Republican, whose district includes parts of Houston, submitted a document containing the data for the record at a Wednesday hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security. The hearing focused on the budget for CBP.
Culberson gave CNSNews.com a copy of the document, which contains prosecution rate figures for illegal aliens apprehended by CBP between FY2007 and FY2011. According to figures made public by CBP, 327,577 illegal aliens were caught along the southwest border during fiscal year 2011 (Oct. 1, 2010 thru Sept. 30, 2011).
Of those 327,577, only 74,975 (about 22.9 percent) were prosecuted, according to Justice Department data obtained by Culberson, while 252,602 (77.1 percent) were not prosecuted.
Culberson said during the hearing that those who were not prosecuted were “home in time for dinner.”
Chopper Patrol U.S. Mexican Border
Army helicopters patrol US-Mexico border
500 National Guardsmen will be assisting Customs and Border Patrol agents in keeping an eye on the entire southwest border. 02-29-2012 for at least the Next Year.
Gun Boats
Texas unveiled the second of six new 'interceptor' gunboats on Thursday, similar to Navy swift boats that plied the rivers of Vietnam during the Vietnam War, to patrol the waterways of the Mexico border.
The Texas Department of Public Safety, which oversees the Texas Highway Patrol and the Texas Rangers, said the 34-foot shallow water crafts would be deployed on the Rio Grande and the Intercoastal Waterway, which separates the Texas mainland from Padre Island.
"They have night vision capabilities, they have ballistic shielding, and the first couple of boats have fully automatic machine guns," department spokesman Tom Vinger told Reuters.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has repeatedly called on the Obama administration to send National Guard troops to boost security on the Texas-Mexico border, which is heavily trafficked by often gun-toting drug smugglers from Mexico.
Vinger said the boats would mainly patrol the Rio Grande, and would be geared toward stopping smugglers of drugs, weapons and illegal immigrants.
Last year, U.S. law enforcement officials exchanged shots over the Rio Grande with suspected drug runners near the south Texas town of Abram, according to news reports. In a separate incident, a West Texas road crew in Hudspeth County, east of El Paso, came under fire from Mexico.
Then in September 2010, U.S. citizen David Hartley was fatally shot while riding a personal watercraft on Falcon Lake, which straddles the Texas-Mexico border.
The first gunboat was quietly placed into service in December. All will be named in honor of public safety officers who have died in the line of duty. The one dedicated on Thursday is named for Trooper David Rucker, killed in 1981.
Vinger said the boats, which will be operated by Department of Public Safety personnel and are emblazoned with the words 'Texas Highway Patrol,' each will have three super quiet 300 horsepower outboard engines.
The boats will be allowed to patrol the northern half of the Rio Grande between El Paso and its mouth near Brownsville, because the international boundary line runs down the middle of the river.
Vinger said the best use of the boats would be to deal with what border lawmen call 'splash downs.' When drug smugglers are confronted with law enforcement officers in Texas, they currently can speed back to the Rio Grande, drive their vehicle into the river, and then, using rafts, float themselves and their drug cargoes back to Mexico.
"Currently, they have just been allowed to do that," Vinger said. "Now, with these boats, we will be able to arrest and interdict these smugglers."
He didn't know when all six of the boats of what has already been dubbed the 'Texas Navy' will be in service.
About 50,000 people have been killed in raging drug violence in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon launched an army-backed offensive against the powerful drug cartels shortly after taking office five years ago.
Az. Organ Pipe National Monument Warning
As voters head to the polls in the Grand Canyon state to cast their votes for a GOP primary candidate, Arizona is still being overrun with illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. If you've ever wanted to visit Organ Pipe National Monument, located near Tucson along the U.S.-Mexico border, you'll need a heavily armed escort to do so. A decade ago, a park ranger was shot and killed in the park by armed illegal smugglers touting AK-47s. Just three years ago, the park started offering van tours escorted by rangers armed with semi-automatic weapons.
Since 2009, the park has offered van tours to the springs, as long as rangers armed with assault rifles go along to protect the visitors. Now, ten years after Eggle's murder, the park's leadership has decided to open up a portion of the closed areas to the public in March, citing improved safety conditions and a big increase in Border Patrol agents in the area.
"There is a chance we might have to cancel the tour if there's some sort of apprehension in progress," Park Ranger Karl Sommerhauser, wearing a bulky dark green bulletproof vest, told the tourists last week. Sommerhauser had an ear piece curling out of his left ear. "We expect you to take direction from Ken," he said sternly.
Ken Hires, an unflaggingly cheerful park ranger dressed in reassuringly normal-looking tan ranger clothes, bounded to the front of the room. Hires is what's called an interpretive ranger, which means he has no law enforcement duties and does not carry a weapon. ("I spent my five years in Vietnam. Enough shooting," he said later.) Hires explained that some law enforcement officers would be hiding in the hills and closely watching the two-hour nature hike, while another pair of armed rangers would follow the tourists closely from the ground. "They'll have M14s at hand," he told the group. "Don't be worried."
"You might see something interesting off the trail, but please don't go wandering off," Hires continued, explaining that it made it difficult for the rangers to track people from the hills. "Please be respectful that those people are putting themselves on the line for us."
This is happening in America and the park isn't the only area in Arizona under control of drug cartels and where Americans are in danger.
Outside of safety concerns, where are the environmentalists? Drug runners and illegal immigrants are destroying thousands of acres of Sonoran desert by creating new roads and foot paths wherever they choose, damaging the habit of the cacti and animals living there. Organ Pipe National Monument is a unique and special place that drug runners have no problem destroying. So called "environmentalists" don't seem to have a problem with the destruction either.
Since 2009, the park has offered van tours to the springs, as long as rangers armed with assault rifles go along to protect the visitors. Now, ten years after Eggle's murder, the park's leadership has decided to open up a portion of the closed areas to the public in March, citing improved safety conditions and a big increase in Border Patrol agents in the area.
"There is a chance we might have to cancel the tour if there's some sort of apprehension in progress," Park Ranger Karl Sommerhauser, wearing a bulky dark green bulletproof vest, told the tourists last week. Sommerhauser had an ear piece curling out of his left ear. "We expect you to take direction from Ken," he said sternly.
Ken Hires, an unflaggingly cheerful park ranger dressed in reassuringly normal-looking tan ranger clothes, bounded to the front of the room. Hires is what's called an interpretive ranger, which means he has no law enforcement duties and does not carry a weapon. ("I spent my five years in Vietnam. Enough shooting," he said later.) Hires explained that some law enforcement officers would be hiding in the hills and closely watching the two-hour nature hike, while another pair of armed rangers would follow the tourists closely from the ground. "They'll have M14s at hand," he told the group. "Don't be worried."
"You might see something interesting off the trail, but please don't go wandering off," Hires continued, explaining that it made it difficult for the rangers to track people from the hills. "Please be respectful that those people are putting themselves on the line for us."
This is happening in America and the park isn't the only area in Arizona under control of drug cartels and where Americans are in danger.
Outside of safety concerns, where are the environmentalists? Drug runners and illegal immigrants are destroying thousands of acres of Sonoran desert by creating new roads and foot paths wherever they choose, damaging the habit of the cacti and animals living there. Organ Pipe National Monument is a unique and special place that drug runners have no problem destroying. So called "environmentalists" don't seem to have a problem with the destruction either.
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