24 DAILY NEWS – A rare archaeological site in the Sonoran Desert has been bulldozed by a Department of Homeland Security contractor involved in constructing sections of the border wall advocated by former President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources.
The site, located in a remote area of Arizona’s Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, features a roughly 280-by-50-foot etching in the desert sand, known as an intaglio.
On Thursday, without prior notice, the contractor cut a roughly 60-foot swath across the middle of the intaglio, causing irreparable damage to the 1,000-year-old artifact.
“I liken it to destroying the Nazca lines — something that culturally we should have been relishing and promoting.”
