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30 Minutes- US v Staton, Migrant Trail 2009 Conclusion A federal jury found Walt Staton guilty of "knowingly littering" when he put out sealed gallon jugs of water on the Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge. by Amanda Shauger 20 migrants have died on the Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge since 2002. No More Deaths volunteer Walt Staton was ticketed by federal officials for littering when he and three other volunteers placed sealed gallon jugs of water on the refuge. He refused to pay a 175 dollar fine and went to trial. Amanda Shauger observed the two day trial and filed a report for Free Speech Radio News.

KXCI contributor Craig McComb spoke with Walt Staton by phone while Staton was awaiting the verdict and filed this report.

50 walkers concluded the 6th Annual Migrant Trail: We Walk for Life on Sunday, May 31 in Kennedy Park with testimony from their experiences.


Participants spent 3 days of the walk on the Buenos Aires Wildlife Refuge. The 7 day, 75 mile trek from Sasabe, Sonora, Mexico to Tucson, Arizona focused attention on the thousands of migrant deaths that have occurred on the US- Mexico Border since the 1990s when border enforcement policies shifted migrant corridors to increasingly remote locations.


Sponsors of the walk included the Migrant Trail Walk Committee, Coalicion de Derechos Humanos, BorderLinks, Mennonite Central Committee US, Catholic Relief Services- Mexico Program, No More Deaths - Phoenix and Tucson, 8th Day Center for Justice, Coloradans for Immigrant Rights, Frontera de Cristo, Humane Borders, American Friends Service Committee, Samaritans, JPIC Office of the St. Barbara Province Franciscans, Shalom Mennonite Fellowship, Casa Maria, and Church of the Good Shepherd.