Shawna Forde--Prosecutor pursing the death penalty

NC Sez:  I believe in the death penalty as well as a quick administer of Justice and sentencing. If Shawna and her buddies are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt before a jury of their peers for the execution style murders of a child and her father, even though he might have been a drug runner,  then they deserve to be executed for their crimes.  Plain and simple.  Everyone deserves Due Process.  Don’t claim to stand up for the Constitution,  and then deny one Due Process, even a drug runner!

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by Tim Stellar

August 13, 2009

Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against the three people accused of killing a man and his nine-year-old daughter on May 30 in Arivaca.

Deputy Pima County attorneys Rick Unklesbay and Kellie Johnson filed a notice of their intent this week in the cases against Shawna Forde, Jason E. Bush and Albert R. Gaxiola.

The three are accused of breaking into the home of Raul Junior Flores and his wife, and killing Flores and his daughter, Brisenia. Flores’ wife was shot three times but survived and, in an exchange of gunfire captured on a recording of her 911 call, managed to hit Bush and injure him slightly, according to Pima County Sheriff’s Department investigators.

The investigators allege the ringleader of the group was Forde, the founder of a small border-watch group called Minutemen American Defense, based in Everett, Wash. but operating on the Arizona-Mexico border. They say Forde planned to rob suspected drug traffickers in an effort to fund her border-watch group and other planned activities.

The investigators accused Bush of being the triggerman, first shooting Raul Flores, then his wife, then interrogating Brisenia before executing her.

All three defendants have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them, which include two counts of first degree murder.

Death sought for 3 in Arivaca case

August 14, 2009

by Tim Stellar

Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against the three people accused of killing a man and his 9-year-old daughter on May 30 in Arivaca.

Deputy Pima County Attorneys Rick Unklesbay and Kellie Johnson filed a notice of their intent this week in the cases against Shawna Forde, Jason E. Bush and Albert R. Gaxiola.

The three are accused of breaking into the home of Raul Junior Flores and his wife, and killing Flores and his daughter, Brisenia. Flores’ wife was shot three times but survived and, in an exchange of gunfire captured on a recording of her 911 call, managed to hit Bush and injure him slightly, according to Pima County Sheriff’s Department investigators.

The prosecutors listed six legal bases for seeking the death penalty. They include the arguments that the crimes were committed for monetary gain; that there was a victim under 15 years old; and that they were carried out in a cold, calculated manner.

In Arizona death-penalty cases, once a conviction occurs, the jury decides whether execution is warranted.

The investigators allege the ringleader of the group was Forde, the founder of a small border-watch group called Minutemen American Defense, based in Everett, Wash., but operating on the Arizona-Mexico border.

They say Forde planned to rob suspected drug traffickers to fund her border-watch group and other activities. Former allies and relatives of Forde’s say she discussed similar plans in the months before the killings.

The investigators accused Bush of being the triggerman, first shooting Raul Flores, then his wife, then interrogating Brisenia before executing her, according to interviews and documents filed in a Washington state court.

All three defendants have pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include two counts of first-degree murder.

In an Aug. 2 letter to the Star, Gaxiola, of Arivaca, said he is not “the beast the sheriffs state I am.”

“Innocent until proven guilty is still the law of the land,” he wrote.

In an interview with the Star last week, Bush said he is not guilty of the slayings, was not a member of Minutemen American Defense and that he favors open borders. He also said he had been compiling dossiers on people or groups.

Forde has declined interview requests, but a Web site set up on her behalf — www. justiceforshawnaforde.com — argues that she was set up and is now being “railroaded.”

Since his June arrest in the Arivaca case, Bush has also been charged with two separate 1997 slayings in central Washington state. Authorities there accuse Bush of being affiliated with the Aryan Nations, an accusation Bush denies. The victims in those cases were a homeless, sleeping Hispanic man and a teenage white supremacist.

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Suspected "ring leader" in double murder. Even now with a smirk on her face!

Three people suspected of killing a 9-year-old Arivaca girl and her father late last month were arraigned in Pima County Superior Court Monday on multiple felony counts, including first-degree murder.

The three are accused in the slayings of Brisenia Flores, 9, and Raul Junior Flores, 29, and the attempted murder of Gina Marie Gonzalez.

In addition to two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder, the three are facing burglary, aggravated-assault and robbery charges in the May 30 incident.

Gonzalez called 911 in the middle of the night on May 30 to report that several men and a woman claiming to be police officers forced their way into her home. She told authorities one of the men killed her husband and daughter, and wounded her in the leg.

Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said at the time that Raul Flores was suspected of being a drug dealer, and the three suspects targeted the house with the intention of stealing money and drugs.

Forde’s family members have said Forde told her brother and her mother earlier this year that she planned to start attacking drug traffickers on the Arizona-Mexico border and robbing them.

Forde, a Washington state resident, was allegedly going to use the proceeds to fund a group called Minutemen American Defense to fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking.

Suspected Shooter: Jason "Gunny" Bush.

Suspected Shooter: Albert Robert Gaxiola

Authorities have said Gaxiola, an Arivaca resident, was used by Forde and Bush to gather intelligence on drug traffickers. Police records released last week indicate Gonzalez told investigators her husband and Gaxiola got into a dispute last year because Gaxiola was storing marijuana on their property.

Prosecutors have until 60 days after the arraignment to announce if they intend to seek the death penalty.

Bush, another member of Minutemen American Defense, is also charged in the 1997 stabbing death of a homeless Hispanic man in Wenatchee, Wash.

Contact reporter Kim Smith at 573-4241 or kimsmith@azstarnet.com.

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Jason Eugene Bush, 34, is escorted from a Superior Court room Tuesday by Pima County sheriff's deputies after an extradition hearing for him was postponed until Tuesday.

Three people suspected of killing a 9-year-old Arivaca girl and her father late last month have been indicted on first-degree murder, robbery and other felony charges.

Shawna Forde, 41, Albert Robert Gaxiola, 42, and Jason Eugene Bush, 34, will be arraigned in Pima County Superior Court on Monday in the slayings of Brisenia Flores, Raul Junior Flores, 29, and the attempted murder of Gina Marie Gonzalez.

In addition to two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder, the three are facing burglary, aggravated assault and robbery charges in the May 30 incident.

Although Rick Unklesbay, chief trial counsel for the Pima County Attorney’s Office, wouldn’t comment on the specific case, he said prosecutors have until 60 days after the arraignment to announce if they intend to seek the death penalty.

Gonzalez called 911 in the middle of the night on May 30 to report that several men and a woman claiming to be police officers forced their way into her home. She told authorities that one of the men killed her husband and daughter, and wounded her in the leg.

Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said at the time that Raul Flores was a suspected drug dealer, and the three suspects targeted the house with the intention of stealing money and drugs.

Forde’s family members have said Forde told her brother and her mother earlier this year that she planned to start attacking drug traffickers on the Arizona-Mexico border and robbing them. Forde, a Washington state resident, was allegedly going to use the proceeds to fund a group called Minutemen American Defense to fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking.

Authorities believe that Gaxiola, an Arivaca resident, was used by Forde and Bush to gather intelligence on drug traffickers.

Bush made a brief appearance Tuesday in Pima County Superior Court for an extradition hearing, which was postponed until Tuesday.

Bush, another member of Minutemen American Defense, was charged on June 12 in the 1997 stabbing death of a sleeping, homeless Hispanic man in Wenatchee, Wash.

On StarNet: Read the online edition of this story at azstarnet.com/crime to hear the audio from the 911 call.

Contact reporter Kim Smith at 573-4241 or kimsmith@azstarnet.com.

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Jason Bush is already a suspect, along with Shawna Forde, in two recent deaths.

By Scott North and Jackson Holtz

Herald Writers

WENATCHEE — Genetic evidence found on a blood- spattered T-shirt has led to another murder charge for a self-styled Minuteman already accused of killing two people during a home invasion robbery in Arizona.

Jason "Gunny" Bush

Jason Eugene Bush, 34, is an ex-convict who police say has “long-standing ties” to white supremacist groups. He has claimed to be a decorated combat veteran and former special forces warrior and was known as “Gunny” to members of Minutemen American Defense.

That’s the border-watch group founded by Shawna Forde, 41, of Everett.

Forde, Bush and another man were charged Fridaywith two counts of first-degree murder stemming from a botched May 30 home-invasion robbery in Arivaca, Ariz. Police say a suspected drug trafficker and his 9-year-old daughter were fatally shot.

That same day, Bush was quietly charged with second- degree murder in connection with the 1997 killing of Hector Lopez Partida in Wenatchee.

Bush was linked to the killing through scientific tests and statements he made to police informants, including bragging about killing “a Mexican” and two others in Wenatchee, according to a Chelan County Superior Court affidavit.

Lopez Partida, 29, of Wenatchee, had been sleeping near a grain silo when he was repeatedly stabbed and stomped and left to bleed to death.

When asked who attacked him, the victim reportedly said “Gavachos (white guys).” It was the last thing he ever said, according to court papers.

Bush became a suspect in January after the state crime lab extracted DNA from sweat stains in a T-shirt that was found near Lopez Partida. The shirt, spattered with the victim’s blood, was found less than 100 yards from the slain man’s body on July 24, 1997, according to court papers.

Police had no suspects and in 2005 asked the crime lab to see if it could use improved genetic testing to pinpoint whose DNA was on the shirt. Tests showed the only genetic material was blood from Lopez Partida and sweat left by Jason Bush, Wenatchee police Sgt. Cherie Smith said.

“This guy was never on our radar screen prior to the DNA match,” she said.

Bush was 22 at the time of the killing. He went to prison a few months later and spent nearly five years behind bars for a variety of crimes, including auto theft, assault and weapons violations. After release in 2003, he moved to northern Idaho’s Hayden Lake area, where he lived until 2007, the affidavit said.

Wenatchee police “learned Bush has had long standing ties to Aryan Nations groups that commonly believe in white superiority over other races and have been known to be violent towards non-white races. He espoused these beliefs to associates in Wenatchee in 1997,” the affidavit said.

Wenatchee police earlier this year issued a nationwide warrant for Bush’s arrest on a parole violation.

Last week, Wenatchee detectives were contacted by investigators in Arizona, who were seeking him in connection with the home invasion killings.

Detectives in Wenatchee contacted two confidential informants who provided crucial information to tie Bush to the 1997 homicide, Smith said. Both recounted how Bush bragged about killings in Wenatchee, including a case that matched the circumstances of Lopez Partida’s death, court papers said.

On Friday, a Wenatchee detective flew to Arizona to interview Bush.

“He denied any involvement” in the 1997 case, Smith said. “He was served with our murder in the second-degree warrant.”

Bush is being held in Pima County, Ariz., accused of being the gunman who shot three people, two fatally, during a home invasion robbery seeking drugs and money.

Raul Flores, 29, and his daughter, Brisenia, 9, were killed when a group of armed people, including a woman, forced their way into the home. The child’s mother traded gunfire with the attackers. The woman survived but remains hospitalized with gunshot wounds.

Shawna Forde-Charged with Murder 1

Arizona detectives have accused Forde of directing the robbery as part of a plan to raise money for her Minuteman group.

Forde’s family said she talked about that idea. They also said they believe Bush was part of a home invasion robbery of a family in Shasta Lake, Calif., on June 8 in which $12,000 was stolen at gunpoint.

Minutemen leaders on Monday continued to distance themselves from Forde.

William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration (ALI-PAC), said that most Minutemen and others active on immigration have long avoided Forde.

He pointed to national alerts his organization sent to members during the winter after The Herald reported on Forde’s involvement in a flurry of violence in Everett, and her troubled past.

“We did everything that was reasonable within our power at that time to exclude Shawna Forde,” he said.

Chuck Stonex of Alamagordo, N.M., earlier was a vocal supporter of Forde. Over the weekend he answered e-mail inquiries from the media on behalf of Forde’s group.

On Monday, Stonex said he’s breaking ties completely with Forde and her organization.

“This has no connection to Minutemen in any way shape or form,” he said of the Arizona killings. “In my opinion, this is nothing more than a cold-blooded criminal act. Just the fact that it was committed by two members of a Minuteman organization does not make it a Minuteman act.”

Stonex said he didn’t know Forde well, having met her on a desert patrol, and through trading e-mails and a few phone calls. He only met Bush after Forde called him on May 30 and asked him to patch up a minor bullet wound on the man’s calf.

Stonex said he was told Bush had been wounded during a desert patrol about 40 miles away. He didn’t know about the Arivaca shootings until later, and made no connection to Bush’s injury until questioned by police.

Minutemen consider people with proven connections to white supremacists or other hate groups “the ultimate taboo,” Stonex said, and they are unwelcome in border operations. Had they been known, Bush’s links to such groups would not have been tolerated, he said.

Robbery, murder and racism are wrong, Stonex said.

“I don’t want any part of that,” he said. “I am a Christian man. I want nothing to do with that kind of stuff.”

Detectives in Arizona continue to investigate, Pima County sheriff’s spokeswoman Dawn Barkman said.

“There possibly will be additional arrests,” Barkman said.

The notion that others involved in the killings may still be free is causing great concern for the Flores family and others, said a Tucson man, who described himself as a family friend.

The man, who spoke only on the condition that his name not be published, said Raul Flores “worked hard for his family … He lived for his kids, his family, his wife.”

It is true that drug trafficking and human smuggling are problems in the border community of Arivaca, but it also is a place where people care about each other and are friendly to visitors, he said.

“I give you my word as a man, if you drive this road, people will wave to you, even if they don’t know you,” he said.

Wenatchee detectives also are continuing to investigate, Sgt. Smith said. Officials are exchanging information and exploring the possibility that Bush may be connected to other crimes.

“I’m sad that other people died,” Smith said. “I’m glad that we were able to get him and tie up some loose ends here.”

Shawna Forde, accused of being the "ring leader" in a double murder

UPDATE II:  Suspect in Arizona slayings charged in 1997 Wenatchee killing

UPDATE I: Murder suspect Shawna Forde feared for border security

  BREAKING NEWS

NoCompromise:  We here at No Compromise Media are dedicated always to the Truth in our reporting, and want to make it clear to our dedicated readers the following:  In addition to the information we gathered in our exclusive radio interview with Shawna Forde after her alleged rape and the attempted murder of her husband mere months ago, we are also aware of, and have witnessed first hand, many pieces of information which cannot be divulged for reasons of security, but we can safely say they unequivocally support Shawna Forde’s penchant for involvement in untruthfulness and fraudulent activity.

We want to make it crystal clear, for much smearing of the Minuteman movement has and will be occurring, especially in the State-run Media, that Forde’s so-called organization, M.A.D., has been phony from the start.  She was expelled from legitimate Minuteman organizations, so she fabricated her group along with a few followers, put up a shoe-string web-site to appear to have some legitimacy, and took advantage of the Illegal Immigration issue and Patriotism in general, and the legitimate Minuteman movement in particular to fuel her activities.  This psychopathic ‘leader’ used M.A.D. and its small band of followers as a FRONT in order to garner money, drugs, power, and to cloak her criminal activities as long as she could.

The legitimate Minuteman movement disassociated themselves from Forde early on for her obvious aberrations, and IS NOT affiliated with M.A.D.  We urge folks to denounce the criminal activities of a psychopath who used patriotism as her front, while we hail all of the true American patriotic heroes who continue to contribute to the non-violent mission of the Minutemen movement in assisting border and law enforcement agents in their duties to protect us from the cancerous scourge of Illegal Alien insurgency into our beloved homeland.   We Patriots look forward to seeing Forde and her accomplices brought to justice through due process of the law.  Thank you.

Last December, it was reported in the, Washington state,  Everett Herald that a gunman broke into the home of Shawna Forde, Director of Minutemen American Defense, (M.A.D.) and shot her husband twice.  The gunman got away.  Forde, returned to the home a day later, and then reportedthat a Mexican gang broke into her home and raped and beat her.

No Compromise Media was the only radio show allowed to interview her which even the Everett police weren’t capable of doing at that time. 

Her claim that thugs from an MS-13 gang tried to kill both her and her husband were suspicious back then because of Forde’s history of bizarre behavior.  

Shawna Forde, Media Whore?

Shawna Forde has now been arrested and charged for the May 30th violent home invasion and murder of an alleged drug runner, a 29 year old father, and his 9 year old daughter and the attempted murder of his wife in Arivaca, AZ.  Forde is accused of being the “ring leader” in this conspiracy to take drugs and money from the residence and then murder all occupants in the home.

Forde started Minutemen American Defense several years back when she was kicked out of a Washington based minuteman organization for fraudulent use of funds which Forde denied.  Controversy has followed her everywhere she has gone.  

Even though questions,  and controversy followed Forde’s machinations, she maintained a cult-like following, including Jim Gilchrist of Minuteman Project. The pair of them worked together for the Illegal Immigration Summit held in Everett, July 2007. Gilchrist is now disassociating himself from Forde, even though, I know for a fact, Forde and Gilchrist were close friends.

MAD has stood by Forde and maintained her leadership role even after false reports of rape and assaults, and an attempt of murder on her (now) ex-husband, John Forde, continuing today to keep reports from Shawna Forde up on their website as if she is still the Executive Director of this dysfunctional organization.  

MAD is not an organization that takes Reality seriously!  

However, I do want to say that every organization that desires to maintain the America we love has ‘moles’, and spies within it, with the purpose of tearing down that organization.  The Border Operations organizations are no less of a target for this type of conspiracy.  In fact, the protect-the-border types of organizations will be more of a target for this kind of criminal element. 

Even though controversy has followed Shawna Forde, this reporter, still believes in the legitimate Minutemen organizations and will support those who will defend our border security. The Marxist Progressives are going to try to vilify ALL Citizen Soldiers over what three criminals did to an innocent child.  DO NOT BELIEVE IT.  

When progressive criminals are busted in this big progressive government these Marxist Swine don’t vilify all government employees, so I am asking you, Reader, to continue to support your MinuteMen and Women in their effort to secure our borders! 

I will keep you posted on the events leading up to the charge, trial, and plea in this case.