Gunmen kill three illegal immigrants

Gunmen stopped a pickup full of illegal immigrants, shot some and took the rest captive Thursday in an attack that left at least three people dead and two wounded, authorities said.

Officials have not determined who the gunmen were but believe at least two of the immigrants were Guatemalan. They believe that the driver, who was probably a smuggler, escaped along with a guide.

The men are believed to have shot five people, three fatally, along a known smuggling corridor near Tucson, and forced several others in the group of nine or 10 immigrants to leave with them, Pima County sheriff's officials said. The victims are believed to be two men and a 15-year-old girl.

http://www.theeagle.com/stories/020907/nation_20070209027.php

Ugh.

why are gorups like the Minutemen not catagorized as terrorists!?!?!??!

They're exempt.

Minutemen did this? Was that in the article? Talsk about "gunmen"...

Was it a robbery? Was it a drug smuggle gone wrong? Was it local citizens defending themselves from attack?

Hard to tell.

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

Clinton's fault..... :sarcasm: like you didn't know that..

those damn 'Mexicans'? even though they were probably Guatemalan they're all just "Mexcuns" and don't need to be here. Lets just kill em, that will teach em. :eyes: :sarcasm:

"Authorities were trying to determine any link to a Jan. 27 confrontation about 40 miles to the north, possibly between human smugglers, that left one man dead and another wounded. In that incident, four men wearing camouflage uniforms and berets stopped a vehicle carrying illegal immigrants."

Camouflage uniforms and berets sounds just a bit conspicuous for 'human smugglers', doncha think? That's like coming across a guy in all black, wearing a black ski mask and carrying a crowbar - obviously, he's a stockbroker.