Article: Smuggling worries opponents of cell-phone tower near Sonoita, Ariz.

Byline: Brady McCombs

Mar. 16--SONOITA -- The activity that fuels the illegal-immigration debate nationwide takes place in the back yards of ranchers who live here at the foot of Biscuit Mountain, east of Sonoita.

Last Friday night, a helicopter flew in, and Border Patrol agents with flashlights chased a group of fleeing illegal entrants up Biscuit Mountain in what has become a common occurrence. On Sunday, a female illegal entrant died of severe exposure and hypothermia at the foot of the mountain.

Now, even the debate on a proposed cell-phone tower is mired in the controversy over illegal immigration in this group of ranches east of Sonoita ...

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