Chris Simcox

Chris Simcox, the founder of the volunteer miltia force the Minutemen, has been accused of threatening to kill his family by his estranged ex-wife.His wife, who is seeking a divorce, alleges in a court documents that Simcox twice threatened his family with a gun, claiming he would shoot them.Simcox was the founder of the Minutemen, a volunteer militia force that patrols the Mexican border and has been a strident voice for anti-immigration forces. He also worked for the campaign of J.D...Read Full Story

Via: Gawker Chris Simcox, co-founder of the Minutemen border militia and recent primary opponent of John McCain, is getting divorced. According to his wife, it’s just small stuff, like how he “twice brandished a gun and threatened to shoot his family.” Simcox, whose work starting an organization for people to point their guns at Mexicans made him a rising star in the Arizona Republican party, is accused of two lovely gun incidents in an order of protection that his wife Alena filed this April...Read Full Story

The estranged wife of a man who helped launch patrols along the U.S.-Mexico border accuses him of threatening to kill their family and any police who try to help.Chris Simcox's wife is seeking a divorce and alleges in court documents that he twice brandished a gun and threatened to shoot his family in late 2009 — four years after he helped found the Minuteman movement that drew thousands of anti-illegal immigration activists to patrol the border.Simcox worked recently as an adviser to J.D...Read Full Story

Chris Simcox, founder of the anti-immigration group the Minuteman Civil Defense Corp, is now saying he will challenge Senator John McCain to his Senate seat in 2010.This comes as little suprise, consdiering McCain's controversial stance on immigration.From Ben Smith at Politico: Social conservatives tolerated John McCain as the party's nominee, but never trusted him, and he now appears to be facing a serious primary from the right in Arizona next year. Chris Simcox, the founder of the...Read Full Story

Chris Simcox, founder of the Minuteman movement and recent political advisor to U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth, has been the focus of local media outlets for the past few weeks. The reason? Court documents filed by his former wife, Alena Simcox, make serious allegations of domestic violence. Ms. Simcox officially filed for divorce on April 19, 2010. Chris Simcox rose to prominence in 2005 when he founded the Minutemen movement, a group dedicated to combating illegal immigration across...Read Full Story