Arizona Border Recon (AZBR) is an
American paramilitary militia group in
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
composed of former military, law enforcement and
private security contractors.
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History
Tim Foley, a former construction supervisor and United States Army
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veteran formed the group in 2011.[ As of March 2018, the group had 250 volunteers operating in the ]Altar Valley
The Altar Valley is a 45-mile (72 km) long north–south valley, trending slightly northeast from Sasabe, Arizona on the Mexico border to the Avra Valley west of the Tucson Mountains. It is delimited by Arizona State Route 86, from east-to-w ...
around Sasabe, Arizona
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Sasabe ( ood, Ṣaṣawk) is a small hamlet in the Altar Valley of southern Pima County, Arizona, United States, immediately north of the international border with Mexico. It hosts a minor border crossing, an adobe sales outlet, a pu ...
,[ armed with personal weapons including pistols, shotguns and semi-automatic rifles. AZBR originally targeted illegal immigration, but as of 2015 had a stated goal of disrupting drug smuggling and trafficking across the ]United States–Mexico border
United may refer to:
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* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
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Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
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[ and preventing infiltration by foreign terrorists.][
Foley denies that it is a militia however the '' Arizona Daily Star'' has reported that "court records show he was intimately involved in militias that formed Operation Mutual Defense to help the Bundy family several years ago during its dispute with the federal government over the use of public land. They continue to detain and hold civilians along the border without any prosecutors bringing charges against them."]Cartel Land
''Cartel Land'' is a 2015 American documentary film directed by Matthew Heineman about the Mexican Drug War, especially vigilante groups fighting Mexican drug cartels. The film focuses on Tim "Nailer" Foley, the leader of Arizona Border Recon ...
''. According to Chicago Film Critics Association member Bill Stamets, the documentary was inspired by a December, 2012 ''Rolling Stone'' report.[
The group took part in the Mother of All Rallies held on September 16, 2017, at the National Mall in ]Washington, D.C.
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in support of President Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
, where Foley was one of the speakers.
See also
* Reliance Global Corporate Security
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