Oct 5, 2026, 10:47 PMWhen Border Patrol arrived to evict protesters, this woman continued her sunrise ceremony, blocking Border Patrol in the process and eventually being arrested.
- Oct 5, 2026, 10:47 PM
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- Oct 5, 2026, 10:49 PM
Other protesters continued to block the road as a Border Patrol reinforcements arrived en mass from the east.
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- Oct 5, 2026, 10:53 PM
Protesters quickly surrounded Grandmother Tree, the giant cottonwood with the tree sitter in it. Most were arrested.
Moments later, a small army of Border Patrol agents pushed everyone off of the wall right-of-way and into the camp, which has been constructed on private land. Nevertheless, Border Patrol created a wide perimeter around the tree, cutting through the middle of camp and forcing protesters further back into the field.
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- Oct 5, 2026, 10:55 PM
Border Patrol agents used an extendable construction crane to lift two agents in a steel basket up to the level of the tree sitter where the sitter was subsequently arrested and pulled into the basket.
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- Oct 5, 2026, 10:57 PM
Border Patrol agents, having taken the tree sitter into custody with them in the basket, begin the process of being lowered down. Zoom in a bit and you can see the protester lying on the floor of the basket.
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- Oct 5, 2026, 11:00 PM
Once the protester was removed from the tree, contractors used a massive excavator to undercut the roots and then quickly pushed the giant tree over. The excavator then smashed the branches off and dragged the massive stump to a debris dump up the wall road to the west. While this was happening, a line of protesters were standing behind the barbed wire fence heckling as the Border Patrol guarded the debris pile.
- Oct 5, 2026, 11:01 PM
Border Patrol agents push a protester back during one of the morning's frequent face-to-face confrontations.
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- Oct 5, 2026, 11:03 PM
That is the last of the edited images I have available. I also shot tons of video. If I am not too exhausted, I will try to get a blog post up tonight or first thing in the morning with more videos and photos and more description of the mornings events.
- Oct 7, 2026, 12:04 AM
[not my photo]
Early this morning, protesters went up in the last remaining tree blocking border wall construction, this one on the line on the Mexican side. It had been occupied previously, but the Mexican authorities pressured the landowner to not allow people access. I don't know the situation, but it looks like the protesters did it anyway. This tree will have to come out for the administration to continue building the double wall through this area, so it is a strategic location to occupy.I'm no longer on site and, for reasons of focusing my time and energy, I've left the various chats so I don't know what has happened during the course of the day.
AZ Advocacy Hub (June)AZAdvocacyHub@mastodon.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:52 PM@Mikal incredible. Thank you for capturing these moments and sharing them with us. I am going to crosspost this on Reddit - we are following this closely on the azadvocacyhub sub. If you ever want to post directly there, please feel free!!
Editing to add a link to the post for your reference :) https://www.reddit.com/r/AZAdvocacyHub/comments/1wyocsf/photos_of_the_lochiel_arrests/
Oct 7, 2026, 12:20 AM@Mikal
Thanks for documenting this.
Oct 5, 2026, 11:03 PM@Mikal I hope the dirty motherfuckers get incurable hemorrhoids and sores inside their mouths that refuse to heal.
Will 🇯🇵wilpercy@beige.partyOct 6, 2026, 10:57 PM@Mikal Orcs. Dullards following wicked orders.
Scout Votes EarlyScruffyJunco@sfba.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:33 PMEcocide is one of the many services they offer.
Oct 6, 2026, 5:46 AM@Mikal
Im guessing the military gear was to protect them from snakes & spiders ...
