"03 MAY 2012 - VEKOL VALLEY, RURAL PINAL COUNTY, AZ:     An abandoned bicycle on Bureau of Land Management land south of Interstate 8 and west of Casa Grande in rural Pinal County. The area has been a hotbed of illegal immigrant and drug smuggling for years. The BLM has undertaken a series of ""surges"" in the area, increasing their law enforcement patrols and partnering with Border Patrol and Pinal County Sheriff's Department officers to reduce criminal activity in the area. Smugglers have been known to use bicycles as well as cars to get through the desert.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ"
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