The Arizona Border Recon (AZBR) is one of several armed groups of that stage reconnaissance and surveillance operations in remote areas along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tim Foley, a U.S. Army veteran, is the group’s director. "We have two main goals," he said. “The first is to help the Border Patrol secure the border by giving them intelligence during our operations on the border. Second, we want people to understand that the border is not safe and secure. It's just not, and a lot of Americans don't get that from what they hear in the media."
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