Tohono O'odham Nation Under Surveillance:
The U.S. Out of Control
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Oct. 28, 2026
LIVE FLIGHT: This US Border Patrol helicopter is circling in surveillance above the Tohono O'odham Nation, between Sells and the San Miguel Gate at the border. Now, local time is 3:30 pm, on Wednesday. O'odham report two semi trucks loaded with border wall panels were sneaking through a remote area of tribal land at 10:25 pm on Monday night.
During the National Congress of American Indians annual convention last week, NCAI passed a resolution opposing the border wall and the intrusion onto the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation, pointing out the violations of duties and federal laws that the U.S. is violating. Federal laws protecting burial places and eagles are among the laws being violated.
NCAI's resolution states that BIA police failed in their duties when BIA police escorted in border wall contractors on the Nation, who immediately began drilling in August. US Border Patrol special ops BORTAC were in the gang of masked and armed federal agents who took control of the Tohono O'odham Nation at the border. They prevented tribal police from entering their own sovereign nation to issue citations and remove construction crews.
Here in the Sonoran Desert, the US plans to drill water wells, and take over tribal land for construction sites while building the double wall. The US Homeland Security and US Border Patrol ignored a federal judge's order to consult and coordinate with the tribe before proceeding.
The US plans to destroy 2,000 of the protected Saguaro here before it begins building the wall on Dec. 1, 2026, the Tohono O'odham Nation said.
This army helicopter out of Tucson circled over the Tohono O'odham Nation, near San Miguel Gate, south of the capitol of Sells, this afternoon around 2 pm. and is now returning to Tucson. A US Border Patrol helicopter is now there.
Border Patrol agents said earlier that the prayer camp at San Miguel Gate would be removed and our people there could be “manhandled," the tribe said.
Reporter John Carlos Frey said that Border Patrol stormed the Tohono O’odham prayer camp with rifles raised while families slept inside during October.
While Homeland Security says it has a right to build the wall 60 feet from the border, the tribe said it knows the destruction of building the double border wall will extend further and destroy mountains and peaks.
The Court of Appeals in Washington will rule soon on an emergency order to stop Homeland Security, the Tohono O'odham Legislative Council said.
Read more at Censored News:
Alert: Trucks with Border Wall Panels on the Tohono O'odham Nation
National Congress of American Indians, NCAI, Battles Border Wall
The US Threatens Destruction of San Miguel Camp
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