Border group’s finances scrutinized: Minuteman founder reveals figures, but some still wonder where the money went

For the Houston Chronice story on the many questions being raised about the finances of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, click here.  According to the story, the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps has revealed a smattering of intriguing details on its finances.  Chris Simcox, founder of the nonprofit border watch group, posted IRS forms and an audit on his Internet site Nov. 15 in response to media reports raising concerns about how the organization was handling its contributions. The new documents offer a glimpse into the group’s finances, former Minuteman loyalists say, but leave unanswered questions. Among them: How is the group spending thousands of dollars in membership fees they’ve collected in the past 19 months? And what companies or other nonprofits received $277,000 – amounting to more than half the group’s contributions in 2005 – for unspecified “personnel services?”

KJ