I've been backpacking and hiking the Huachucas and southern Arizona for 47 years. Over the decades there have many surveillance systems utilized as the technology and need progressed. In the 70's there were small Border Patrol planes constantly flying around the Border. Then the government created a chain of dirigibles to watch the Border in New Mexico and Arizona. As far as I know they are still in use. Long before the wall, the border area was infused with hidden motion sensors, microphones and cameras. All the sensors are monitored full time. You can see the large receiver and transmitter towers that relay the info back to a command center. If someone crosses the fence they are immediately detected. The BP will know what language they speak, how many are in the group, where they are, what direction they're traveling and if there are women and children or just one or two "smugglers". At some point they will be intercepted and detained. It's relatively rare that a border crosser gets very far. From the paved parking lot you were at, it's a two mile hike to the Border and the end of a fence segment. I was at the Border there a few weeks in preparation for starting section hiking the Arizona Trail. (This hiking trail is 820 miles long and goes to the Utah border. It's a designated National Scenic Trail). In a couple of weeks I'll start backpacking the entire length of the Huachucas north to Parker Canyon Lake. Am I worried about bad guys coming up from Mexico? Not at all. The Sonoran Desert is truly a beautiful area. I'd recommend to any one to get out of the vehicle and walk around. Thanks for the video.
Nice coverage! I have been over most of that ground but not to Naco and it was interesting that they keep that crossing open when they even closed the Lukeville crossing to Rocky Point for awhile.
@@shiftintosunshine I was recently down on the New Mexico/Mexico border almost the whole way east to west and there was a lot of garbage all over the desert from illegals. Tons of left clothing, water bottles, empty food packages and other stuff. This was more towards the east near El Paso where the big wall wasn't completed. It's pretty interesting.