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| O'odham on the front line today at Tree Sit in Lochiel, Arizona |
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| Now! US Border Patrol swarm Tree Sit. |
Update, after the video was shared today of O'odham women joining the Tree Sit, US Border Patrol swarmed the tree sit in Lochiel, Arizona. Video on Instagram: by tierralibre_noborders
"Happening now! Border Patrol flexing muscles but we will persevere! Join us!"
Earlier today, a video showed strong O'odham women had joined the front line, where they put their bodies in front of heavy equipment. Land defenders barricaded the road and shut down construction at Lochiel, Arizona, east of Nogales on the border southeast of Tucson. https://www.instagram.com/reels/DcmQO9byXim/
O'odham Women Join Tree Sit and Shut Down Border Wall Construction in Lochiel, Arizona
O'odham women have joined the frontline land defenders at the tree sit in Lochiel, Arizona, east of Nogales. The land defenders have blocked heavy equipment with their bodies, blocked the road with a barricade, and shut down border wall construction, at the bi-national peaceful protest in Lochiel.
Tohono O'odham Nation's drone coverage shows contractors setting up the drill rig, which immediately began drilling.
"We are putting our bodies on the line, land defenders said as they shut down border wall construction with their bodies, blocking heavy equipment and barricading the road. https://www.facebook.com/kate.scott.973823
Federal Judge Richard Leon, in his ruling denying the tribe's request for an injunction to halt border wall construction, said the land along the border on the Tohono O'odham Nation is "likely" federal land. Only "likely."
Federal Agents Swarm Sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation for Border Wall Construction
Federal agents violated the Tohono O'odham Nation's sovereignty in a heavy-handed invasion as they escorted in border wall contractors. Those federal agents included U.S. Border Patrol special ops called BORTAC based in El Paso; US Border Patrol agents from Tucson, and BIA agents.
The swarm of federal agents escorted border wall contractors on to sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation land. This driller immediately set up the rig and began drilling on tribal land. Tribal police were blocked and prevented from issuing citations to the contractors.
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| Tohono O'odham Nation drone coverage. |
Tohono O'odham Nation's drone coverage shows contractors setting up the drill rig, which immediately began drilling.
The Nation said, "Overhead view of one of the border wall pre-construction sites on the Nation, showing drilling machinery, contractors, and federal law enforcement, with vehicle barriers in view marking the border."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnaJ-T7YHRc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnaJ-T7YHRc
The Tohono O'odham Nation posted 'NO TRESPASSING' signs at its borders, which federal agents and construction contractors ignored during its invasion of tribal land.
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| Bulldozers scrape the sweet earth bare near O'odham's Sacred Quitobaquito Springs. Video by Russ McSpadden, Center for Biological Diversity. McSpadden hiked into the area after roads were closed to Organ Pipe National Monument. This is ancestral land near the western boundary of the Tohono O'odham Nation, a place for O'odham prayer and ceremony, and home to three endangered species, a snail, pupfish and mud turtle. Quitobaquito Springs is an oasis in the fragile Sonoran Desert. |
Arizona Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva urges the Department of Homeland Security and the Interior Department to immediately halt construction until real consultation occurs, and Congress is fully informed. In a letter, Grijalva said this applies to both the Tohono O'odham Nation and adjacent ancestral O'odham land.
Meanwhile on the border in Lochiel, the brave block border wall heavy equipment.
"We are putting our bodies on the line, land defenders said as they shut down border wall construction with their bodies, blocking heavy equipment and barricading the road. https://www.facebook.com/kate.scott.973823
This refers to a sixty-foot wide strip along the border from California through New Mexico called 'Roosevelt Reservation,' set aside by presidential proclamation in 1907. The court document is at: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/richard-leon-tohono-oodham-pi-denied-opinion.pdf
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