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Human rights groups hope to avoid confrontations with Minutemen
March 28, 2005

TUCSON, Ariz. Local human rights advocates hope to dissuade other organizations from confronting armed volunteers who'll watch for illegal border crossings in April in southeastern Arizona.

Tucson-based Border Action Network is trying to persuade other groups not to send people to areas in Cochise County, a popular crossing point for smugglers and illegal immigrants.

Volunteers from across the country are expected to gather in Tombstone on Friday for a rally and orientation organized by the Minuteman Project. The project recruited volunteers over the Internet to watch the border.

They'll disperse in small groups and set up observation posts across a 23-mile stretch just north of the Mexican border -- mostly between Douglas and Naco.