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Border militiaman K.C. Massey III was slightly apologetic about detaining three border-crossing immigrants during one of his outfit鈥檚 vigilante

patrols awhile back鈥攈andcuffing the men behind their backs with zip ties鈥攁long the Rio Grande in southern Texas.

鈥淪orry we had to 鈥楧etain鈥� them,鈥� Massey, one of the leaders of the militiamen that began gathering several weeks ago in Texas, wrote in a Facebook comment after . 鈥淸B]ut they were wore out and just fell down and gave up while the other 7-8 ran like gazelles!鈥�

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As the post explained, the militiamen detained the people鈥攄escribed as Honduran, Guatemalan, and Mexican鈥攁fter they encountered a group of about 11 border crossers, most of whom took off through the brush. The three men they kept were 鈥渮iptied, debriefed, and given water,鈥� and U.S. Border Patrol officers eventually arrived and took them away.

鈥淲E DO NOT AIM TO DETAIN, we would much rather send them back into the river into Mexico and dissuade them and the cartel from crossing on the property we patrol,鈥� the post explained. 鈥淎ll encounters were conducted in a humanitarian, professional fashion. Stay vigilant. Thank you for your support.鈥�

But behind the guise of humanitarian treatment was a not-so-subtle smirking contempt. 鈥淥ne of the guys pissed himself!鈥� remarked Massey. Another chimed in, 鈥淒ude pissed himself bad.鈥�

Welcome to Camp LoneStar, a border militia outpost on the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas where antigovernment 鈥淧atriots,鈥� heavily armed and

hunting for immigrants, have seemingly taken the law into their own hands in recent weeks and made residents near their operation increasingly fearful and resentful.

The camp, a makeshift encampment, lies on the 21-acre property of a longtime Brownsville-area rancher named Cuban 鈥淩usty鈥� Monsees. Most of the participants pitch tents or park their vehicles there, then go out on patrols at nighttime or afoot in groups, always loaded with a variety of weapon. During the day, they use all-terrain vehicles to prowl along the border fence line or drive to overlooks along the Rio Grande, where they can catch people swimming across the river.

Indeed鈥搄ust as the detention video post described鈥揳nother video, posted by Massey on his Facebook page, showed the militiamen forcing border crossers who swam to the American side of the river to retrieve their belongings and swim back to the Mexico side. The video has no audio, but similar previous video from Camp LoneStar included the verbal harassment the border watchers were shouting at the swimmers.

Since it began, there has been a rotating cast of characters at the encampment. Initially, the self-described 鈥渃ommanding officer鈥� at Camp LoneStar was an , but he was eventually replaced by the more strident K.C. Massey.

Nearly all of the reporting on supposed militia activity on the Mexico border in Texas has emanated from the Monsees property, it seems. That includes, as well as stories from the and from , whose report included a detailed video profile. More recently, reporters from the and came away with a scathing profile of Massey and his border watchmen.

The portrait of Camp LoneStar that has emerged in recent weeks is not pretty, depicting a camp awash in paranoia and testosterone, with feuds among participants and conspiracy theories flitting about like moths.

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Massey and his fellow border watchers鈥撯�搃ncluding Monsees鈥攁re particularly paranoid about the Mexican drug cartels they claim are responsible for most of the human trafficking they observe鈥攁 claim that remains unsubstantiated. They insist on maintaining their anonymity out of fear of retaliation from the cartels; Massey told the Observer reporters that even disclosing how many men were there could endanger them.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 want cartel operatives knowing about our operation,鈥� he explained. 鈥淟et鈥檚 just say if there were 10 of us, then the cartel would send 20 hit men to take us out.鈥�

Likewise, Monsees explained to in a phone interview that he was 鈥淣o. 5鈥� on the cartels鈥� hit list, a dubious story he has repeated to most of the 鈥淧atriots鈥� in the camp. Monsees and his campers also have been promoting the claim that the Border Patrol has been arresting a large number of Muslims鈥攊ncluding terrorists on the Most Wanted List鈥攁nd then keeping the matter hushed up. This story has , though more recently concerned has turned to .

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Indeed, one of the former participants at the camp鈥攁 鈥淧atriot鈥� named Rob Chupp, an Indiana man who was a participant in one of Santilli鈥檚 multiple interviews in weeks ago鈥攕aid that he and others decided to leave the camp when it became clear that the overseers were not particular about whether or not felons could participate in the camp, nor whether illegal weapons might be in use there. It was a Camp LoneStar participant, John Frederick Forrester, in pursuit of a fugitive recently. Forrester, in fact, .

Chupp, who was involved in organizing an ill-fated 鈥淧atriot鈥� border-crossing, said he and a number of other border watchers pulled out because of concerns about the legality of the operation.

鈥淎fter the whole shooting thing, we figured out that some of them were felons,鈥� Chupp told Hatewatch, 鈥淲e asked several of the guys to leave that we found out were felons. Because yeah, we have a Second Amendment to protect your right to bear arms, but we are also a nation of laws, and there鈥檚 a reason we don鈥檛 let felons own guns. 鈥� And it came to be a problem, and it was loud, and 鈥榃e don鈥檛 care what the gun laws are,鈥� and 鈥業f we want to have this weapon even if it鈥檚 illegal, we鈥檙e gonna have it.鈥� It just turned south, and we pulled out.鈥�

Their neighbors are concerned too. Maria Cordero, an ACLU attorney whose home is just down the road from Monsees鈥� property, told The Observer that everyone in the neighborhood is fearful about the men in camouflage patrolling near their homes. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 know who they are,鈥� Cordero said. 鈥淒o they have criminal records? People are afraid, but more than that they are confused.鈥�

Cordero鈥檚 husband described a neighborhood full of fearful families, unable to distinguish between the cartels, the militiamen, and real law enforcement.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 know who these people are. They鈥檙e carrying high-powered weapons. It makes us feel less safe, not more safe to have them here,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 just hope they leave soon.鈥�