Scripps Howard News Service
WASHINGTON -- A rare desert pupfish has been without an audience for three years, and there is no indication the endangered species will be seen by visitors anytime soon since it is located 100 miles west of Tucson where 7,000 illegal immigrants were caught last year.
The tiny pupfish live in Quitobaquito Pond along the U.S.-Mexican border in southern Arizona. The pond is amid the one-third of the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument's 330,000 acres closed to the public because of safety concerns posed by illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
Posted by tyne at September 22, 2006