NEW: Arizona Agrees to Remove Shipping Containers from US-Mexico Border
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...Both in Coronado National Forest in Cochise County and near Yuma, Arizona. The agreement was filed as a stipulation in federal court. #arizona #BorderCrisis #Borderlands
unicornriot.ninja/2022/arizona-a…
...Both in Coronado National Forest in Cochise County and near Yuma, Arizona. The agreement was filed as a stipulation in federal court. #arizona #BorderCrisis #Borderlands
The agreement came one week after the federal government filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ducey & Arizona for encroaching on federal lands and dumping hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers into the wilderness along the US-Mexico border. 
Since the project began in late October, workers have feverishly placed hundreds of shipping containers along the Arizona/Sonora border in Southern Cochise County, forming a precarious barrier and a gash through an otherwise pristine stretch of oak grassland.
Both contracts were awarded to AshBritt, a private disaster management company with a history of illegally donating funds to a pro-Trump super PAC. It is unclear if AshBritt will also be awarded the contract for removal of the containers.
In November, activists and locals began blockading the project in Cochise County, placing their bodies between heavy machinery and the wilderness area facing imminent destruction. Blockaders impeded further placement of shipping containers for weeks: unicornriot.ninja/2022/blockader…
Following the successful blockade, workers began hauling 100s of shipping containers to the Arizona State Prison Complex in Southern Tucson. There, the containers were stacked along the outer perimeter of the prison’s concertina-topped fences. MORE: unicornriot.ninja/2022/a-quiet-r…
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