Much like the Muslim run No-Go zones in France, America now has large swaths of our own country that the government has ceded control over to violent non-state actors who are exploiting Liberal angst to build their own states within a state. Mexican based trans-national gangs are now in charge of 3,500 acres of Arizona including parts of Buenos Ares National Park:

About 3,500 acres of southern Arizona have been closed off to U.S. citizens due to increased violence at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The closed off area includes part of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge that stretches along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu told Fox News that violence against law enforcement officers and U.S. citizens has increased in the past four months, forcing officers on an 80 mile stretch of Arizona land north of the Mexico border off-limits to Americans.

The refuge had been adversely affected by the increase in drug smugglers, illegal activity and surveillance, which made it dangerous for Americans to visit.

“The situation in this zone has reached a point where continued public use of the area is not prudent,” said refuge manager Mitch Ellis.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials have warned visitors in Arizona to beware of heavily armed drug smugglers and human traffickers.

Drug runners and slavers, in the employ of non-state actors and with the complicity of corrupt Mexican officials, now control an area roughly equivalent to four Central Parks inside our borders. As I said before, the era of 4th Generation Warfare is here and America is losing badly in this brave new war.

Here’s video of this afternoons report:

Use extreme caution in the South West, especially the rural areas. Contested areas expand quickly as the government’s ineffective response becomes more obvious. I expect that the size of the contested area will double by the end of the year.

h/t N.T.A.