REPORT FROM ARIZONA - ILLEGAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING CAMP DISCOVERED in AZ

Other remains have been found in the area where Veterans on Patrol says members found a human skull Thursday.

Photo credit :Facebook page of Veterans on Patrol 

The article that follows my commentary is from a local Arizona newspaper. I am in Arizona and have spoken to former military spec ops who have reviewed the location found. I have also had personal experience with the VOP leader Louis Arthur. I commend the cause of assisting veterans who need it, but I must issue a warning regarding this man. While I fully believe Mr. Arthur is acting upon the appearance of a noble cause, my experience with his behavior at both the Bundy Ranch where he was asked by Militia Camp leaders to leave, and at Malheur where he also came and was immediately asked to leave, left me seriously concerned. Louis has a very bad habit of exaggerating and seeking self publicity. His given nickname is “Screwy Louie”. Perhaps some will think this is unfair. But it is factual. This was what people began calling him in Bunkerville.  When he packed and left from the Bundy Camp, he returned the next day with police alleging that the property he left behind was stolen, had tents searched and individuals forced to present ID to police. That situation in and of itself could have been explosive.  Our video of the incident of course was terminated off of YouTube. I fully support our veterans and the cause of their care. And in this case what was found needed to be reported. And I even agree that it should be searched with cadaver dogs. But what people also must understand is that in the Arizona desert the temperatures reach unlivable levels. The camp I saw including the plastic container I have seen in survival camps. With a home made swamp cooler or block of ice it can keep temperatures down. The straps attached to the tree is disturbing. But it is as of yet inconclusive as to their purpose. But let’s assume the worst. It is an abandoned camp. I would support the Arizona Militia patrolling to catch these coyotes in the act, but anyone considering heading there after the inflammatory talk we heard from Mr. Arthur challenging local police in what could have lead to a StandOff was yet more evidence of his lack of rational thought and tendencies to provoke. Fear porn gets attention. And while we all can not stand abuse to others regardless of where they came from or their illegal status, I ask that everyone use discernment before acting, and fact check everything before you react. 

As can be seen by the video, the claims that have come from Louis Arthur have been completely exaggerated, and mostly all false. 

This is a portion of the video I uploaded from Bundy Ranch. Since the YouTube purge my channel was terminated so thanks to those who have preserved our work.

https://youtu.be/Qb-JiHw2XP4

The following is from the local paper - 

A local group that received national attention last week after claiming it found a child sex-trafficking camp near Interstate 19 said Thursday that members found a human skull northwest of Tucson.

Pima County sheriff’s deputies responded to the area and found a human skull, as well as old backpacks and other bones they determined were remains of animals, said Deputy James Allerton, a department spokesman.

(The skull in fact came from a location 20 miles away from this camp)

Veterans on Patrol, an advocacy group that looks for homeless veterans in washes and desert areas, reported the find to the Bureau of Land Management, which contacted the Sheriff’s Department, Allerton said.

Veterans on Patrol did not respond to a request for comment Thursday. Through Facebook posts, some of which had tens of thousands of views and thousands of comments within hours, the group said it found the bones near West Manville Road about a mile west of North Anway Road.

The Pima County Medical Examiner determined late Thursday that the skull was that of an adult. Deputies did not find any indication the skull was connected to “any sort of sex trafficking,” Allerton said. (This counters the claim that police didnt investigate)

The call from Veterans on Patrol came from “an area where undocumented immigrants have been known to travel through on foot,” Allerton said. Human remains have been found in the area before and often turn out to belong to illegal border crossers, he said. 

(The temperatures in the middle of the Arizona desert in the heat of summer can kill easily and without help, while trying to avoid detection, this would be a death sentence unless discovered by Police, Border Patrol, or a Militia - it happens all the time. Without evidence of foul play, there is no reason to believe that the skull discovered was as a result of criminal activity.)

Human remains were found April 17 about 2 miles from the site of Thursday’s find, according to a database maintained by the humanitarian aid group Humane Borders and linked from the website of the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner. More sets of human remains were found in the area Aug. 15, 2017, and Jan. 17, 2017.

The database lists 118 sets of human remains suspected of belonging to illegal border crossers in Pima County in 2017 and 40 so far in 2018.

The area where the skull was found Thursday is more than 20 miles from the homeless camp Veterans on Patrol found last week near the intersection of Interstate 19 and West Valencia Road.

Veterans on Patrol claimed the camp was the site of child sex-trafficking. However, the Tucson Police Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they found no evidence of illegal activity.