AJO, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -Â It is called El Camino del Diablo, or the Devil s Highway. It has drawn settlers, miners, migrants, and adventure-seekers to the Arizona desert for hundreds of years.
But this, last wild space, as author Charles Bowden once referred to it, has lost some of its rugged allure - thanks to the US Department of Homeland Security and the effort to build a border wall.
There once was a two-track jeep trail that attracted overlanders and naturalists from around the world. There is now a 30 foot wide graded road. It is smooth enough for big rigs to haul supplies to construction crews blasting away at the desert. We even saw a Honda Accord driving along the route.