The Nation - News from Sept. 2, 1986
The Arizona leader of a civilian paramilitary group that detained 15 illegal aliens near the Mexican border has been ousted because he vowed to conduct more border patrols, a spokesman for the Alabama-based parent group, Civilian Materiel Assistance, announced in Tucson. J. R. Hagan, who had been the Arizona director of the group, could not be reached for comment. On July 5, members of a patrol, reportedly armed with automatic weapons, detained the aliens for two hours until U.S. Border Patrol agents arrived. That same month, the parent agency voted to halt border patrols.
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