June 14, 2026

Border Wall Construction Damage to Ancient Sacred Site Revealed in Arizona

Border Wall Construction Damage to Ancient Sacred Site Revealed in Arizona 

Photo by Center for Biological Diversity


By Center for Biological Diversity

AJO, Arizona — The Center for Biological Diversity released new video footage and photographs today documenting recent damage from border wall construction to the Las Playas Intaglio, an ancient fish-shaped geoglyph in Arizona’s Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

Contractors scraped a roughly 50-foot-wide swath through the 1,000-year-old figure and surrounding refuge to make way for a second border wall planned by the Trump administration.