It began with a frantic 911 call from a woman in a dusty Arizona border town. A gang claiming to be affiliated with the Border Patrol had shot her husband and daughter. It was initially assumed that the murders were products of border drug wars ravaging the Southwest until the leader of one of the more prominent offshoots of the Minutemen movement was arrested for plotting the home invasion as part of a scheme to finance a violent antigovernment border militia.

I can't believe they killed my family -- Vigilance on the border -- Aftermath -- The minutemen in action -- Borderline careers -- Herding cats -- Golden crosses -- The bad girl -- O Canada -- The fence to nowhere -- The distaff minuteman -- Adrenaline rush -- The bad boy -- The next level -- Justicia -- The nativist legacy.