Robert Krentz, 58, a prominent Southeast rancher in Arizona was killed along with his dog by an illegal alien before midnight Saturday on his 35,000 acre ranch that is family owned since 1907 about 35 miles northeast of Douglas.
"At a news conference Monday, Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever said Krentz was out checking water line and fencing on the land Krentz's family has ranched since 1907. Krentz had weapons with him in his all-terrain vehicle but didn't use them, according to Dever.
Investigators said Krentz apparently came upon one person when he was shot. Krentz was heard telling his brother "illegal alien" on the radio earlier Saturday, and the area of the killing is a known smuggling corridor, according to authorities.
While Krentz was still in his vehicle, mortally wounded, he managed to drive the ATV away from the scene at a high rate of speed before becoming unconscious. The ATV still had its lights on and the engine running when authorities found it.
Foot tracks were identified and followed approximately 20 miles south to the Mexico border by sheriff's deputies, U.S. Border Patrol trackers and Department of Corrections dog chase teams, authorities said."
The two days before, Krentz's brother reported drug smuggling activity on the ranch to border patrol. Agents found 290 pounds of marijuana and followed tracks to where they found and arrested eight illegal aliens.
"The cold-blooded killing of an Arizona rancher is a sad and sobering reminder of the threats to public safety that exist in our border communities," Giffords said. "It has not yet been determined who committed this atrocity or why, but I know that federal and local authorities are mobilizing every possible resource to locate and apprehend the assailant." Said U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. in a statement
Ranchers in the area are warning that they will take matters into their own hands if the administration refuses to secure the borders according to the news report.
after the horse got out of the barn and the barn doors are locked, politicians start coming out of the woodwork to try and make themselves look good.
Pro-amnesty Senator John McCain R-Arizona along with Arizona governor Jan Brewer, both called for federal officials to send more National Guard troops to the Mexican border.
"The federal government must do all it can within its power to curb this violence and protect its citizens from criminals coming across the border from Mexico," McCain wrote in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, a former Arizona governor."
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said "Government has a clear responsibility to aid law enforcement resources at all levels along the border."
Sure, this really helps Robert Krentz and his dog now after the fact.
Oh yes, don't think that we are losing our country?
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