Tribe accuses US federal agents of ‘trespassing’ on indigenous border land

An Indigenous tribe located between the United States and Mexico has accused US federal agents and construction workers of illegally trespassing on its land to begin work on a controversial border wall in the state of Arizona.In a statement released on Tuesday, the Tohono O’odham Nation said “approximately 20 masked, armed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents” accompanied construction workers to three locations before dawn.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Second US military zone along border with Mexico set up to deter migrantslist 2 of 3US border wall construction damaged Native burial site: Government reportlist 3 of 3US border national parks increasingly fortified by surveillanceend of listThe statement added that CBP prevented tribal police from issuing trespassing citations to the contractors.CBP had cordoned off the area with a “vehicle blockade” and deployed a special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team to protect the contractors, according to Tohono O’odham authorities.Mexican police had also been deployed to keep watch, the statement said, also noting the presence of a “tethered balloon” for surveillance purposes.“At this time, interactions between [Tohono O...