The Arizona Daily Star covers the first documented encounter between the Minutemen and an illegal alien.

Did the Minutemen threaten the Mexican immigrant? Did they apprehend him? Did they shoot him on the spot? Well, no, not exactly:

NACO, Ariz. - Minuteman Project volunteers helped an illegal entrant in distress late Friday. The incident was the first documented encounter between the volunteers and Mexican nationals sneaking across the border, officials said. The incident happened around midnight when a tired and thirsty illegal entrant who'd been separated from his group approached Minuteman volunteers at the Bible College in Palominas, said U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Andy Adame. Project volunteers have been camping out at the college.

The man was deported by the U.S. Border Patrol. Presumably Border Patrol officials were called to the scene by the Minuteman volunteers.

So far, the Daily Star reports, there have been no reports of violence associated with the Minuteman Project.

Which will be disappointing, no doubt, to the likes of ill-willed detractors such as this one on the liberal blog, Crooked Timber:

It’s wrong of me, I know, but I hope for much worse for them. These folks are really making me mad.

Interestingly, several other commenters came to the Minutemen's defense.