200-year-old Arizona tree felled during federal raid on border wall protesters

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 7 Oct, 02:19 · Archive

Federal authorities removed a 200-year-old cottonwood tree while clearing anti-border wall protesters from southern Arizona.

Federal authorities removed a 200-year-old cottonwood tree during a raid on an anti-border wall protest encampment in the San Rafael Valley in southern Arizona. Protesters had occupied the stand of cottonwood trees for more than two months to block construction of a second border wall in the region.

The authorities felled the tree in minutes during the operation. No further details about the scope of the federal action, the number of people involved or the outcome of the raid were provided by the available reports.

How it is being reported

• 200-year-old Arizona tree cut down in minutes during federal raid on anti-border wall protestFor more than two months, protesters occupied a stand of cottonwood trees in the San Rafael Valley to block construction of a second border wall in southern Arizona.Azfamily · 7 Oct, 01:17
• 200-year-old Arizona tree cut down in minutes during federal raid on anti-border wall protestFor more than two months, protesters occupied a stand of cottonwood trees in the San Rafael Valley to block construction of a second border wall in southern Arizona.KOLD · 7 Oct, 01:17

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