May 18, 2011 by borderissuesmex

In a recent article that is making the rounds this week, Arizona Rancher Ed Ashurst claims that 11 fires in the past 3 years were set by illegal aliens.

The Horseshoe Fire #2 near the New Mexico border has burned over 2,000 acres in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona

In a recent article that is making the rounds this week, Arizona Rancher Ed Ashurst claims that 11 fires in the past 3 years were set by illegal aliens.

The Horseshoe Fire #2 near the New Mexico border has burned over 2,000 acres in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona.
The Tucson Citizen reported:

There Are No Cool Heads in Portal
By Ed Ashurst

About a week ago, what is now being called Horseshoe Fire #2 was started by illegal aliens in the area of Burro Springs near the headwaters of Horseshoe Canyon. Border Patrol agents tracked four aliens to the very start of the fire. The first Forest Service fire fighters to arrive at the site observed the same tracks. Horseshoe Fire #1 was started near the same spot almost exactly a year ago, also ignited by illegal aliens. In the last 3 years alone no less than 11 fires have been started by illegal aliens in the Chiracahua Mountains and the adjacent Peloncillo Mountains. No less than 120 thousand acres have burned. The cost to the American taxpayers to fight these fires is nearing $70 million. The U.S. Forest Service itself admitted that Horseshoe Fire #1 cost in excess of $10 million to fight.

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