The Wild Wild East

Vigilanties patrol east county's border country

By Chad Deal | Published Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Brandon Stockwell, a film student at SDSU, climbs to the top of the border fence south of Campo and examines the rolling desert ridges of rural Mexico. The day is bright, the winter air clean and mild. Stockwell considers how the scenery will translate to film. Would black and white or color be more effective? And what about the soundtrack? Stockwell is exploring the prospect of producing a documentary on border policy as a school project.

A motorbike appears in a plume of dust on the American side, and the helmeted driver yells, “What’s your citizenship?â€