Members of the Minuteman Project have seen firsthand just how dangerous their mission is becoming, after an incident on Saturday night along the California-Mexico border.

A California Minuteman leader says about 20 volunteer border-watchers were apparently shot at, reports KFI Radio.

Minuteman Project member James Chase says the group in Jacomba heard five shots coming from the Mexican side of the border on Saturday night and then "saw two guys with AK-47s standing at the fence."

"We didn't discharge our weapons or fire back because we would have received that AK-47 fire. We just pulled our people out of the area," Chase said.

Chase believes the shooters were "probably drug-runners who wanted the Minutemen to leave."

The San Diego Sheriff's Department says it got a call about the shooting but "didn't find any evidence."

Scouting -- as well as regular border-patrol duty -- continues in advance of the next Minuteman Project activity, now set for October.

Minuteman Project leaders plan for the October event to be significantly larger than the last one at the Arizona-Mexico border, as more concerned American citizens join and support the growing effort.

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