BLM Spurned Chief Ranger's Recommendation to Close National Monument Near Mexican Border for Safety Reasons | CNSnews.com

(CNSNews.com) -- The chief ranger of the 478,000-acre Sonoran Desert National Monument, which sits in south-central Arizona about 60 miles north of the Mexican border, recommended that the monument be closed to the public because of what he believed to be a safety threat posed by drug smugglers coming across the Mexican border and moving through the monument."