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    Men in camouflage kill border crossers

    Men in camouflage kill border crossers

    Posted: 8:18 PM
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    By: Associated Press

    ELOY, AZ - Authorities in southern Arizona say two men in a pickup truck carrying illegal immigrants have been fatally shot near Eloy.

    Pima County Sheriff's officials say it appears the truck was ambushed by an unknown number of people dressed in camouflage and armed with rifles late Sunday night.

    Border Patrol agents and police officers from Eloy and Coolidge responded to a report of shots fired about 10:30 p.m. in a wash known for human smuggling activity.

    Authorities say one man was found dead inside the bed of the truck and another victim was located in a wash near the vehicle. Their identities haven't been released.

    Detectives say it appears shot were fired at the truck by the ambush group.

    Several illegal immigrants were found hiding in the desert near the truck.

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    Camouflaged group kills two border-crossers

    by Martha Maurer/KTAR (April 9th, 2012 @ 2:56pm)

    Two suspected human smugglers were fatally shot by a group in camouflage Sunday night near Eloy.

    "It was determined that the border-crossers were traveling in a pickup truck in a wash that is commonly used for human smuggling," said Pima County Sheriff's Deputy Dawn Barkman. "They were ambushed by an unknown number of subjects in camouflage clothing and armed with rifles."

    Barkman said up to 30 people were on board the truck when it was ambushed. Only five of those were found and taken into Border Patrol custody.

    No arrests have been made.

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    Two killed in Eloy ambush near smuggling route

    Two killed in Eloy ambush near smuggling route

    by Daniel Gonzalez and J. Craig Anderson -
    Apr. 9, 2012 09:40 PM
    The Republic | azcentral.com

    Police are looking for several gunmen who opened fire Sunday night near Eloy on a pickup truck loaded with immigrants who officials suspect are in the country illegally. Two of the migrants were killed.

    Police don't know why the gunmen opened fire on the pickup, but the shooting happened in an area commonly used by human smugglers, said Dawn M. Barkman, a spokeswoman for the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

    In the past, gangs known as bajadores, or rip-off crews, have ambushed groups of illegal immigrants that have just been smuggled across the border in order to hold them for ransom or extort money from them.

    Barkman said "every possibility is being investigated."

    She said 20 to 30 migrants were inside the pickup when it was ambushed in a wash on the southern edge of Eloy by several men wearing camouflage clothing. They were armed with rifles.

    Police and Border Patrol agents responded about 10:35p.m. Sunday, she said.

    They found one of the victims inside the bed of the pickup. The other was found in a nearby wash, Barkman said.

    No information about the dead has been released.

    Barkman said the other migrants in the pickup ran into the desert. Five were located hiding in the brush nearby. They were interviewed by homicide detectives and turned over to the Border Patrol, she said.

    The others have not been found, she said.

    The shooting occurred south of West Antares Drive near the border of Pinal and Pima counties.

    In January 2007, four men wearing camouflage and berets and armed with an assault weapon killed a smuggling suspect and wounded another person after ambushing a vehicle in a field about 40miles north of Eloy.

    And in March 2007, gunmen wearing dark clothing ambushed a vehicle loaded with more than 20 illegal immigrants near Green Valley, south of Tucson, killing two people. Two men from Mexico were arrested following that shooting, Barkman said. A third suspect still hasn't been found, she said.

    Border Patrol agents from Casa Grande responded to the shooting along with officers from Eloy and Coolidge.

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    Immigration & Customs Enforcement: Rip crews a growing problem in Arizona

    Deputies still looking for gunmen who shot at truckload of immigrants near Eloy

    Reporter: Claire Doan

    NOGALES, Ariz. (KGUN9-TV) – A deadly ambush in the remote desert. Two immigrants gunned down by a group of armed people in fatigues. And the killer(s) are still on the loose.

    The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is looking for the gunmen who shot at a truckload of immigrants Sunday in a remote area near Eloy. The violent ambush left two people dead and now the search is one for what is likely a rip crew.

    So what is law enforcement doing to stop these border bandits?

    Bandits, thieves, or opportunists – whatever you call rip crews – they essentially do the same thing: They ambush drug dealers to steal their load or kidnap immigrants for ransom. And the government says they are becoming much more common in Arizona.

    “Their principal goal is avoid any smuggling fees or the risk of actually smuggling. They will target the actual smugglers be it contraband or alien loads,” said Rick Crocker, a Deputy Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

    He told 9 On Your Side rip crews have been around for roughly two decades, but there are more of them now than ever, especially in remote, dangerous areas. These border bandits usually work in small groups, but are not connected to a larger network.

    Crock said battling border bandits requires a two-pronged approach from ICE: “We will attempt to proactively identify organizations through informants or intelligence that we develop. We’re also very reactive if Border Patrol encounters a group. We will interview the aliens or backpackers if they have had their loads stolen.”

    Rip crews are a growing problem for Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada. He said what we hear about is only a fraction of the problem because most incidents go unreported.

    “It’s very, very difficult [to arrest rip crews] because of the terrain. It’s very difficult to do that also because of the delays and failure to report these incidents,” Estrada said.

    The Sheriff added that his officers can’t patrol the smuggling path that rip crews stake out, given his department’s limited resources, but deputies help Border Patrol when possible in a battle that demands growing resources.

    “More boots on the ground, more technology maybe, more cooperation, and more interaction with Mexican authorities so that they can report activities coming across the border,” said Estrada, referring to ways to better combat the border bandits.

    Crocker said most of the criminal activity, however, occurs north of the border where these bandits see less risk and more profit.

    “They are very opportunistic and they steal whatever they can get their hands on,” Crocker said.

    Border Patrol is in charge of arresting these bandits, whom ICE then investigates; both federal agencies work with local law enforcement to gather intelligence.

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