Los Angeles, Alta California
February 8, 2001
Anti-Mexican Bigots Conduct Racist Border Photo Contest
(ACN) La Voz de Aztlan has learned that the extremist Anti-Mexican group American Patrol led by white supremacist Glenn Spencer is holding a contest for what they call the "best" photo or video of Mexican migrants crossing the US/Mexico border. "FIRST PRIZE $ 1,000.00 !" says
a flyer that was distributed to anti-immigrant and white supremacist groups throughout the United States. The purpose of the contest, La Voz de Aztlan has learned, is to collect material for the production of a propaganda documentary designed to incite hate against migrants of Mexican descent. According to Glenn Spencer the documentary is to show white America that an invasion of the US is occurring by Mexicans! He does not seem to get it into his brain that Mexicans were here way before his ancestors from England came to this region.
The rules of the contest instructs participants to
"Go to the border between February 24 and March 31 (When border crossings are at their highest) and "shoot" a video of intruders. Submit your clips to American Patrol by April 7. The First Prize of $1,000 will be awarded on April 22 during a special viewing of the best video clips. To qualify, video clips must show when and where the "shot" was taken. We would like to see shots of as many people in a group coming in as possible. We are also interested situations where intruders are doing harm to property or the environment." The instructions ends with "Find a good hot spot."
Last year the border region experienced a flood of hate crimes against Mexican migrant workers. The crimes ranged from murders, lynches to savage beatings. A particular sinister event was the organized "hunting down" of migrants workers by vigilante ranchers in Arizona and Texas. Scores of migrant workers were shot and killed along the border. Because of this anti-Mexican terrorism, many migrant workers were forced to take perilous routes through the desert and many died of thirst including one 19 year old mother who gave all her water to her baby. The months old baby girl miraculously survived under the protective cover of her dead mother's arms.
One particular vile vigilante was Roger Barnett who vowed that he would kill any Mexican crossing his ranch if he had to. He sported an assault rifle with a hunting scope in pictures that were published in national magazines. Roger Barnett and Glenn Spencer met in a meeting in Arizona and they have now joined forces. There were a few incidents where Mexican migrant
workers were shot at by Anglo ranchers on horseback. One gruesome incident occurred near Sasabe,
Arizona where a group of five migrants were ambushed by two ranchers on horseback. One young man was shot on the face by a high power hunting rifle and the bullet tore half of his face.
He managed to drag himself some kilometers to seek help on the Mexican side of the border.
Another, of many incidents, occurred along the Texas border. Two migrants workers were
looking for water when a Texas rancher confronted them and shot one on the leg. He held the injured migrant on the ground until he bled to death.
What Glenn Spencer of American Patrol is now doing is bound to have deadly repercussions against innocent migrant Mexican workers who merely want to work in the US in order to support their needy families in remote villages in the interior of Mexico. Many of these workers die in the border region leaving their families wondering what ever happened to their loved ones. This situation is one of the saddest anywhere in the world. Many bodies have been found in the dessert and buried in pauper graves because of the inability to properly identify them. It is no wonder that the phrase "The Ugly American" was coined to refer to people like Glenn Spencer and Roger Barnett.
American Patrol is an evil demonic organization that is now attempting to hide their true intent behind "coded language." This is because the United States Department of Justice recently declared them to be an official "hate group." They are not fooling anyone when they end their border photo contest flyer with the words, "GOOD HUNTING!"
