http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=4005538&nav=HMO6

Some earlier articles: http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-6418-shanti.html+sellz

Group wants charges dropped against aid workers
Oct 20, 2005, 08:33 AM
Activists are calling for charges to be dropped in the case of two aid workers accused of illegally transporting illegal aliens.


Officials with the No More Deaths movement said they plan to gather at least 10,000 signatures on postcards they will send to Paul K. Charlton, U.S. Attorney for Arizona.

Movement members want Charlton to drop the charges against Shanti A. Sellz and Daniel M. Strauss, who are scheduled to go to trial here Dec. 20.

Sandy Raynor, a spokeswoman for Charlton's office, said Wednesday that Sellz and Strauss were indicted by a federal grand jury and the U.S. Attorney's Office is proceeding with the case based on the indictment.

Sellz and Strauss, both 23, were arrested July 9 with three illegal border-crossers in their vehicle.

The men told authorities that they were taking the foreign nationals to a church for medical care. But U.S. Border Patrol officials said the men weren't ill and refused medical aid once in custody.

The No More Deaths movement offers food, water and medical assistance to