Cartel trafficking garbage off Mount Hopkins Road Santa Rita Mountains

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  • Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024

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  • @exploringgodscountry
    @exploringgodscountry  10 месяцев назад

    Contact Matthew directly at keystoaz.com/askmatthew/

  • @markfelder4819
    @markfelder4819 Год назад +10

    Thanks for clearing up the trash.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  Год назад +4

      It is so hard to look at and not do something. I recall my girlfriends son in mexico. They have garbage everywhere. People literally will look at us then us throw it on ground in front of you. I never said anything but always picked it up and put in dumpster... then I looked over and her son, about 3 years old, was helping me. Probably biggest complement of my life to see him following suit.

  • @badlandsexplorer3712
    @badlandsexplorer3712 10 месяцев назад +8

    Thank for keeping Gods country clean. Great video. 🙏🙏🙏

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  10 месяцев назад +1

      We try... Thanks for watching, and your kind words. Hope to see you on the next video :)

  • @philjames3163
    @philjames3163 10 месяцев назад +4

    Thank you for your service cleaning up!

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  10 месяцев назад

      Hard for me to walk buy and let it sit. That said, there's no shortage of litter out there!

  • @teotwaki
    @teotwaki 10 месяцев назад +12

    I have a friend who retired from the US Border Patrol and he told me that they took a lot of precautions with the smugglers garbage in order to avoid all of the diseases they bring with them.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  10 месяцев назад +4

      We did our best but is certainly a concern. I think when feasible they try to make the people they catch pick it up now. Don't quote me on that but seems like somebody told me that recently.

    • @jamesclark9347
      @jamesclark9347 10 месяцев назад

      Border patrol is a joke. They have a million dollar in country check point. If it's too cold too hot raining any weather they feel is adverse they close and go home. I was appalled. The postal service has a moto nothing keeps them from you getting your mail . BP
      Is designed to protect us and they go home.

    • @AllAboutAdventures
      @AllAboutAdventures 9 месяцев назад

      They bring diseases with them? What do they carry them in jars or something? They're just people like everyone else. There's no crazy diseases coming in with them. Some people believe anything

  • @keithreinemann139
    @keithreinemann139 Год назад +4

    When I worked at the "big white cube" on top of Mt. Hopkins in 1981-1982 I often wished I could explore those other roads and peaks I saw from the top or in the Chevy Suburban crew transport on the main road. "Thanks" for the little additional footage and drone coverage.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  Год назад

      That is awesome. I met a guy at work. Helped him with some stuff and he helped build some of the facilities up there. That is super cool. I have never been past the gate, but have explored a lot around the mountains below it. I only recently started making these videos glad you enjoy them. I have been exploring off trail since 2015.

  • @chipchilders1284
    @chipchilders1284 2 года назад +5

    Thanks! That was a good day!

  • @geoffreybudge3027
    @geoffreybudge3027 10 месяцев назад +4

    I’ve been over our continent and everywhere I go these people leave great amounts of trash on the ground . Even parks in Virginia are trashed . The riversides are trashed .

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  10 месяцев назад +4

      Thanks for noticing, it's a sad issue. Mexico tends to have a lot of trash like that. It's a bit of a cultural issue. They just don't see it as a concern to throw garbage on ground. The native people, are very friendly that I've met. But both here in States and in Mexico they're not as conscious of dumping garbage. All of the people I've seen cross are more of Native decent. I don't really ever recall seeing a person of European decent crossing. It's just not our culture to dump garbage and look for handouts. It just is what it is but must point out the cultural element as a white male they tear us down no matter what we do. I love everybody but cannot help but notice this.

  • @Dreamhelmet
    @Dreamhelmet 2 года назад +10

    You should get a Presidential Freedom Award commendation for cleaning up after the cartels! Above and beyond!

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  2 года назад +3

      Thanks! That would sure be neat. I spent lots of time in Sonora. I couldn't help but pickup garbage on the ground there too. It's a bit more common than here. Kind of saddens me when I see it. Our most recent video is in a hidden canyon where there's NO signs so far of anybody. Pickup up the garbage is a bit more of every day life for the ranchers in this area. If anybody they deserve the credit. Border Patrol also has to clean it up when they catch a group. However, they don't have time or resources to pick it up otherwise.

    • @Dreamhelmet
      @Dreamhelmet 2 года назад +1

      @@exploringgodscountry - Thanks for all you do!

    • @Dreamhelmet
      @Dreamhelmet 2 года назад +2

      @@exploringgodscountry BTW - I am guessing those were gold mining holes. Does anyone do wet or dry mining in that area? Kind of reminds me of the movie, 'There Will Be Blood'. I have done placer/dredge mining in N. Cal , but dredging is a no-no now. Wondered about Az for a while.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  2 года назад +2

      @@Dreamhelmet I really don't know for sure. I don't know much about mining. I believe it's part of this mine though www.mindat.org/loc-34308.html
      I LOVE the mines though, very interesting. Some of them have portals in solid rock (not placer) and can go into them to look around. I don't know that I've found any below ground Placer Mines yet out here. My friends who prospect, do go into the dry streambeds and sort dirt... I believe they bring their own water or take the dirt home to sift the gold out.

    • @Dreamhelmet
      @Dreamhelmet 2 года назад +2

      @@exploringgodscountry - Yeah, that sounds right. Thanks for the info. You do need running water to do placer. Your friends have the right idea.
      Jim

  • @toddhoffmaster6057
    @toddhoffmaster6057 11 месяцев назад +3

    Now that I am retired, if you ever want some extra help on exploring off road areas just let me know when and where to meet up. I am more of an off roader (Jeep LJ) there are so many little side shoots off of the main roads in that area that I would like to explore.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  11 месяцев назад +1

      For sure! I have been up a bunch of them. But not explored as much off bull springs road. So much left to explore. I venture over past 8 years I have gone easily 20,000 miles on roads in mountains and have a lot more to explore.

    • @toddhoffmaster6057
      @toddhoffmaster6057 11 месяцев назад +1

      Between Patagonia and Lochiel there are so many trails to explore.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  11 месяцев назад +1

      @@toddhoffmaster6057 oh yeah, I'd LOVE to explore there. I have only gone two or three times.

  • @freddyw4555
    @freddyw4555 10 месяцев назад +2

    I see more Modelo beer cans now on jeep trails in Colorado

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  10 месяцев назад

      Really :( so sad. We have the beer cans here too. I try to pick them up when I can.

  • @richardbowers3647
    @richardbowers3647 10 месяцев назад +1

    Ha, ha, ha..... In the late 50s, picked up & cleaned up camp-sites above Bakersfield CA where I camped!!! LOL.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  10 месяцев назад

      It's hard for me to pass it up without picking it up. If ever there is garbage I cannot get it lingers in my mind. That said, there seems to be an infinite supply of litter bugs!

  • @Joe-j6u
    @Joe-j6u 2 месяца назад +1

    US Border patrol should be patrolling this beautiful area and don't let people traffickers make this place insecure and filled of garbage ..!!

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  2 месяца назад

      Amen, there's so few border patrol agents though and such a big border. In all honesty we need to have military on the border as is literally an invasion but first stop welfare to illegals and start prosecuting people who hire them also actually prosecute drug and human traffickers as well, instead of catch and release. After that a lot of this would clean itself up. One issue is knowing which judges to vote for as well. It's really hard to find information on any of them. Then they get bought out and stop prosecuting this trafficking / catch and release.

  • @andrewmckeown6786
    @andrewmckeown6786 10 месяцев назад +2

    Hesitant but....I was staring at your page when it came up because I LOVE rockscapes....
    I clicked to ask what techniques you used to make all the little moving..."things" in the still image....
    Aaannnddd I find that you dont.
    Except when I stare at it or my screen shot.........
    Im just gonna climb out the comment section back window now...

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  10 месяцев назад

      No worries! I've done the same 😬 We find TONS of interesting rock formations & rockscapes. I'll have to make sure to include more shots of them for you on my subsequent videos! Thanks for commenting ☺

  • @rebeccatiller4342
    @rebeccatiller4342 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thank You !

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  9 месяцев назад

      Thank you for watching. I'm really glad I was able to reach you through the RUclips algorithm and connect with more good folks such as yourself.

  • @nobody687
    @nobody687 9 месяцев назад +1

    Tha k you for your service

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks! It's hard to pass up a pile of garbage and not clean it up.

  • @noahtek1101
    @noahtek1101 10 месяцев назад +3

    I wish they would secure the border so that we didn’t have to worry about smugglers in the Santa Ritas. I never hike there alone because of the possibility of running into illegal immigrants and I don’t have a gun. It’s not fair that we can’t even explore the Arizona wilderness safely in our own country!

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  9 месяцев назад +1

      Yes it is very sad. Always best to go with a friend, two is even better. I carry a gun, but honest to God, I don't think I could ever use it. I have a fair amount of professional training as well with them from another life I had many years ago. We have been in some rather peculiar situations where I think it helped just having the other person see it (it's on my belt). Seems to keep people more polite. Such is my theory but if I ever had to use it... gosh I'd probably just run and hope I don't get shot by bad actors. Feel free to drop me a line www.keystoaz.com/askmatthew/ if you need a hiking partner :)

  • @eaglerare1273
    @eaglerare1273 9 месяцев назад +1

    What’s the rattlesnake issue like there?

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  9 месяцев назад

      Interestingly I have seen fewer snakes off trail than on trail. Where o see them is in town... That said I hike in early morning. I used to run a lot, but that is when I saw snakes. They like to lay on the warm cement in the evening. However I seldom if ever see them in nature. They are certainly there but I theorize they hear us coming and hike under rocks or in cracks.

  • @dsplunker
    @dsplunker 9 месяцев назад +1

    It's crazy how green it is there

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  9 месяцев назад

      If we get a little rain the desert comes to life, especially higher up in the mountains. I think it gets even more rain there.

    • @dsplunker
      @dsplunker 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@exploringgodscountry We are the same way. I' south of prescott.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  9 месяцев назад +1

      @@dsplunkerthat country up there is absolutely beautiful!

  • @SeriouslyAwesome
    @SeriouslyAwesome 2 года назад +2

    Mineshafts are everywhere in Arizona!

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  2 года назад

      Yeah it is pretty cool. That one was either collapsed or didn't go anywhere.

  • @standingbear998
    @standingbear998 10 месяцев назад +3

    comifornia has been giving to the cartels as a payoff.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  10 месяцев назад

      Yeah we're kind of screwed here. There's nobody watching the border. CBP has been overrun, and they turned into processing people instead of catching them. The checkpoints are closed and nobody is patrolling mountains or border away from ports. Our international airport in Tucson is literally a human trafficking hub. The federal government is using it to ship them all over the country. They cannot keep up with their shipments so they are pooling in Tucson on the streets... and now in my little town at the shopping center.

  • @marthabonelli3093
    @marthabonelli3093 10 месяцев назад +2

    New kind of gold rush.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  10 месяцев назад

      haha yup! Getting that garbage out of there. Even the old mines are full of garbage at least at the entrance.

  • @anthonymedeck7081
    @anthonymedeck7081 9 месяцев назад +1

    I’ve come across some spots that ya could take out 20 of those garbage bags full.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  9 месяцев назад

      It's so sad.... Do you recall where? I have a group that wants to go back and pickup garbage.

    • @anthonymedeck7081
      @anthonymedeck7081 9 месяцев назад

      ⁠@@exploringgodscountry. I live in Green Valley and am out in the Santa Rita’s a lot. It was in a wash very close to Madera Canyon Rd. just past the school a few miles is a power line. I will go to see if it’s all still there since I haven’t walked that particular wash for some time. If it’s still a mess, I will let you know.

  • @Nightryderthebronco
    @Nightryderthebronco 9 месяцев назад +1

    I would warn you about posting details of perceived Cartel activities, you can look up on RUclips that content creators have been "iced" for sharing too much detail about their activity.

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  9 месяцев назад

      Thanks, has crossed my mind. They are not too kind to journalists either.

  • @kilcar
    @kilcar 9 месяцев назад +1

    Defend your community and your border. Neighborhood Watch has evolved. The " Coyotes" are armed and willing to take life in a blink of an eye. Until the Border Patrol secured the area ( never) its up to you to defend it. Organize!

  • @jacknife10000
    @jacknife10000 Год назад +2

    They are trafficking garbage??

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  Год назад +2

      Good question, yes they in a sense are trafficking garbage too. The people there were more than likely trafficing hard drugs and criminals that cannot otherwise pass through ports of entry. The families are a diversion tactic. When families cross the media covers it and DHS rightfully so responds to the families first... that doesn't really show everybody what is really going on though. while DHS is occupied the stuff you see on TV the cartel is crossing the really nasty stuff and largely going uncaught.

  • @captseamus
    @captseamus 9 месяцев назад +1

    I would be wearing plastic gloves!!! And use hand sanitizers

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  9 месяцев назад

      Good advice! My friend got sick afterwards. We took little tongs so use, I think I got lazy and just started picking stuff up though.

  • @will7its
    @will7its 10 месяцев назад +2

    Welcome to scumland.......

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  10 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah it's sad! We just went up there on last hike again. It's all covered with garbage again.

    • @MUCKFOOT399
      @MUCKFOOT399 10 месяцев назад

      yeah Mexico is a dump.
      they come up to USA and trash everything, disease 💀

  • @Mick-n6o
    @Mick-n6o 9 месяцев назад

    The cartels should start an uber business

    • @exploringgodscountry
      @exploringgodscountry  9 месяцев назад

      Interesting you should mention that. They have a similar system. They hire people here to pickup people in desert and transport them. I think a lot of it is through whatsapp and similar apps. Driver gets coords on messaging ap, pickup group in desert, then gets paid when they drop them off.