Final ‘Grandmother’ Cottonwood Toppled, Protesters Arrested in Arizona

Filed by Terra Bloom

Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, in southeast Arizona, making way for contractors to cut down the last standing cottonwood tree Monday morning for a double border wall, after protesters protected it for more than 70 days.  Activists in Lochiel said at least 12 people had been arrested as of 8 […]