Vigilantes expect more to come after Robert Krentz murder

Border Vigilantes expect more to come after rancher Robert Krentz murder



COCHISE COUNTY - After the murder of rancher Robert Krentz, vigilante groups are already patrolling that area of the border. They say they expect more to show up, but some warn that it is a whole different atmosphere now.

"This is a heavily traveled area."

The Cochise County Militia has been known to have nearly 400 members patrolling the border and Dan Frazier expects even more action now, after Krentz's murder.

"If they do come down, I hope they do it the right way, work with law enforcement and not against law enforcement. And the more the merrier. There's enough out here for everybody," said Frazier.

But others like Glenn Spencer with the American Border Patrol say the shooting has changed everything.

"I've thought for years and told people, 'You're alright down here by the border.' They won't hurt the gringo because they know if they start attacking the Americans, our government will be forced to do something," said Spencer.

He lives just a few hundred feet from the border. He says it puts him at an even greater risk to the danger.

"They could be here, kill me and be back in Mexico in five minutes after I'm dead" Spencer said Tuesday.

by Danielle Todesco



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