Four volunteers of the movement No More Deaths, based Unitarian universalist Church in Tucson, threatening fines of up to$500 and six months in prison. Behind bars, young people can get behind what was left in the wilderness within the national reserve, Cabeza Prieta (AZ) food and water for the dying of hunger and thirst illegals.
On Friday, January 18, a Federal judge Bernardo Velasco presented Natalie Hoffman, Oona Holcomb, Madeline Hughes and Zaachila Orozco charges at the entrance to the wildlife reserve without permission. Natalie Hoffman is also accused of driving a car around the Park. The date of sentencing should announce next week.
Another 5 participants, No More Deaths was accused of trying to ship to preserve «the vital food and water.» The hearing of their case will be held in February and March.
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«This verdict is a challenge not only to the volunteers of No More Deaths, but to all the people in the country who have conscience, — said the participant of the movement Catherine Gaffney. — If you supply water to those who dying of thirst illegally, then what should a human in such laws?»
Cabeza Prieta is the largest wilderness area in Arizona, covering a 3.25 sq. km of the Sonoran desert. In 2001, the U.S. government and Mexico began a joint investigation in connection with the deaths of at least 14 migrants who crossed the U.S. border. According to militiamen, they, probably, left in the desert smugglers.
Volunteers from No More Deaths say that since 2001 in the area of the reserve was lost 155 immigrants.
Judge Velasco in his ruling noted that the food and water left by volunteers in August 2017 for illegal immigrants, «violate the state’s decision to maintain the reserve in its original form».
