60arivacainvasionShawna Forde, 41, Albert Robert Gaxiola, 42, and Jason Eugene Bush, 34, have been indicted by a Pima County Arizona on two counts each of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first-degree murder, as well as burglary, aggravated assault and robbery charges in the home invasion and murder of Raul and Bresenia Flores, and the attempted murder of the mother, Gina Marie Gonzalez.

The arraignment is scheduled for June 29 in Pima County Superior Court, Tucson Arizona.

Rick Unklesbay, chief trial counsel for the Pima County Attorney’s Office, said prosecutors have until 60 days after the arraignment to announce if they intend to seek the death penalty. Other than that, the DA declined further comment on the case.
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Who is the 4th person in the shootings of Brisenia Flores and her father? One name keeps popping up in places it doesn't belong. Chuck Stonex

Who is the 4th person in the shootings of Brisenia Flores and her father? One name keeps popping up in places it doesn't belong. Chuck Stonex

Authorities investigating the murders of 9 year old Brisenia Flores and her father, 29 year oldRaul Flores Jr, are saying there were four people involved and anticipate more arrests in the future. The mother, 31-year-old Gina Marie Gonzalez, was wounded by one of the suspects when they returned to the crime scene to retrieve a forgotten weapon.

Who might this 4th person be? A name keeps surfacing each time anything involving Shawna Forde occurs.

Chuck Stonex of Alamagordo New Mexico.

Back in January of this year, when Shawna Forde was reporting her alleged “rape” and comments on the Everett Herald website were questioning the validity of her story, like a white knight, Stonex came galloping to her rescue.

Stonex’ antics were reported on the website Immigration Clearinghouse, the same site that originally questioned Forde’s rape claim as a hoax

The article was entitled “Defender of Shawna Forde relies on lies, slander and racism to defend the indefensible and that put it mildly.

Advocate said;

The people who have been following the antics of Shawna Forde in the Everett Wa. Herald will recognize well the name CHUCK STONEX of Alamagordo NM, a rabid defender of Shawna Forde, self styled National Director of the 14 member Minutemen American Defense.

God help anyone who disagrees with Chucky as one young lady discovered.

Stonex begin commenting on the stories about Forde in the Everett Herald and attacking anyone who didn’t agree with his point of view, including this writer.

He took it one step further though. One young lady who posts as LUGOMX challenged STONEX. Here is one of her posts.

A resident of the Seattle area responded to the story of the “rape” and to Stonex’ previous comments.

Here is the text.

“Shoot, reload, shoot, call 911 is my SOP.” -Chuck Stonex, Minuteman.
“Shoot, reload, shoot, call 911 is my SOP.” -Chuck Stonex, Minuteman. ARE YOU SERIOUS????!!!!! That is murder, Chuck Stonex.

Please, PLEASE, PLEASE!!! Any law enforcement officer who has read his comments, please, do your duty and investigate Mr. Stonex. _________________________________________________ Shawna Forde, Chuck Stonex, and these Minutemen, in my opinion, are racist. PERIOD.

We pay taxes for border patrol who are TRAINED to do so, for the safety of the border patrol agents as well as the people attempting to cross the border. These untrained “volunteer” minutemen go to the border to carry out their racist agenda, because they know that there will be no repercussions for mistreating their victims.

We can’t just “volunteer” as police officers and arrest criminal, pull people over, check for warrants and take them to jail! So why does the US allow people, (like Shawna Forde, a large majority of them likely associated with the KKK) carry out duties that are ALREADY assigned to paid, trained government officials???

As soon as you get racists patrolling the Mexican border-there are GOING TO BE PROBLEMS!!!

Just imagine how the KKK would treat a Mexican if they could get away with it! Hate crimes almost always make the news, the accused are usually arrested and charged with a hate crime, right? Yet it happens EVERYDAY at the border – with no consequences, no punishment!!!!!

These immigrants can’t just call the police if they are beaten or see a companion MURDERED!!! They have nowhere to turn for protection against these MINUTEMEN!!! Sure, they are crossing illegally, but does this give these minutemen the right to carry out an immediate execution!?!

If a government official abuses their power or commits a hate crime, I assume they would be pulled from the border. What government agency supervises these “volunteer” minutemen to protect the lives of these Mexicans who cross the border? They are mistreating, torturing and KILLING Mexican immigrants EVERYDAY, some of them used as target practice by these minutemen.

One of whom identifies himself as the “cockroach hunter.” Yet, no one does anything about it.

Three women, including a 16 year old girl were drowned after being pelted with stones when trying to cross the Rio Grande. Mexican officers recovered their bodies downstream, they were later identified as a mother, daughter and aunt. They are HUMAN BEINGS, people!

The majority come here because there are no jobs, they are homeless and hungry. What would you do if there were no jobs available for hundreds of miles, you had nowhere to stay, and there was no government assistance or unemployment and children to feed and care for??? They come here to survive, but they face death again at the hands of cruel individuals so full of hate that they are more than eager to take it out on defenseless human beings.

Anyone who would like to contact me, I will be pressuring law enforcement to investigate not only the newest false claim made by Shawna Forde for filing a false police report, but Mr. Chuck Stonex regarding his commments.

Thank you, Rick for standing up for what is right.

Anyone with half a brain knows she is falsely claiming her attacks to get attention. She will stop at nothing to carry out her racist agenda.

Thank you, also, Steve Johnson for your quote:
“Wack Jobs Aplenty I’m not sure who’s the bigger nutcase, Shawna or Chuck. It is not reassuring that anyone as unstable as this pair are walking around armed to the teeth. A piece of advice to you two; illegal immigrants are not the reasons your lives are a mess. Take a look in the mirror. Pathetic.” -Steve Johnson.

I’m no “keyboard warrior,” I’m the WIFE of a 100% LEGAL Mexican immigrant, and the MOTHER of 3 beautiful, innocent Mexican-American children. They are the future and they did nothing to deserve the prejudices they experience everyday. It scares me to death to know that someone who’s “SOP” is “shoot, reload, shoot, call 911? (Chuck Stonex)- whether it be on the border or anywhere for that matter. And I hope I’m not alone.

Denise Lugo
denise@REDACTED

This infuriated Mr Chuck Stonex so much that he did what is common amongst these vigilantes, he took the cowardly path of least resistance. He contacted the persons employer, or so he thought.

—– Original Message —–
From: Chuck Stonex – cstonex@msn.com
To: info@ivivid.net
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:23 PM
Subject: Denise Lugo aka LugoMexican1

Does Denise Lugo work for you? Read her radical and racial comments at the bottom of this article. Is she the kind of person you want to represent your company?

Please keep my address private in this matter. I believe some of her friends may be involved in these attacks.

Is this a man or what? An “American Patriot” no doubt. But Stonex apparently was not satisfied with the response he received from the ladies employer. He had to go one step further. He had to out her in public with his virulent hate.

But guess what? He got the wrong person and libeled a well respected surgeon.

Here’s Stonex’s next letter in which he blames his target for the problems HE caused the good doctor.

—– Original Message —–
From: Chuck Stonex
To: denise@ivivid.net
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 8:50 AM
Subject: LugoMexican1

If this isn’t you, you have caused her a lot of major problems starting with her employer.
I cannot imagine how anyone can have so much hatred in their heart and be so ignorant as you. If you were not so afraid of the truth, you could almost be a useful person instead of another bottom feeding Mexican parasite.

Denise Lugo, MD
I’ve redacted the portion of this email which gives this innocent Doctor’s resume and all personal contact information. However, it is available for any law enforcement or media outlets who request it.

…………………….Personal Information
After training in Boston, Dr. Lugo moved to the Seattle area. She enjoys participating in community outreach. On weekends, she enjoys hiking, art museums, walking her dog (Hungarian Viszla) and spending time with her family.

Keep it Simple Stupid (KISS)

Chuck

Stonex’ involvement in the Flores murders

It’s a little too coincidental that this person just happened to be in Arizona when the killings occurred.

The Sahuarita Sun and other papers are reporting Stonex’ involvement

Chuck Stonex, another member of the group who has since distanced himself from it, was visiting Arizona from his home in New Mexico at the time of the murders, and in an interview Tuesday said he bandaged Bush’s wounds at Forde’s request.

“I got a call that morning (May 30) that someone had been injured and they needed medical supplies,” he said. “They told me after the fact that they were injured by border bandits.”

Stonex traveled to Arivaca where Forde and Bush were hiding out at a safe house. He treated Bush’s wounds, which he described as minor, and returned to Tucson where he had a motel room.

Two days later, he spoke to Forde again.

“She said, ‘It’s getting real hot around Arivaca,’” he said. “‘We’re going to go to Tucson and rent a hotel room.’”

He met them in Tucson for dinner, then returned to New Mexico.

Stonex saw a television news report about the shootings and said he later was told by a Sheriff’s detective that Forde and Bush were involved. He said he was in Arizona to meet friends and patrol the desert around Tombstone and had no knowledge of or connection to the Arivaca murders.

Stonex said a Sheriff’s deputy told him that Bush has admitted lying to him to get medical help and that he was being “cooperative” with authorities. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has said they are still pursuing leads on more possible suspects.

And like the rest of the rat’s running for their nest’s, Stonex certainly did distance himself from Forde, after the fact. His statement:

LET IT BE KNOWN:

I wish it to be known by every one from this moment forward, that I am no longer associated, affiliated or involved with Minuteman American Defense, M.A.D., Shawna Forde or any other part of that organization.

From this point forward, I wish to sever any and all relationships, participation, association, ties or affiliation with Shawna Forde and Minuteman American Defense and it’s subsidies.

From Chuck Stonex, Former National Officer, MAD / New Mexico State Director

So let me get this right.

Chuck Stonex just happens to be in Tucson during the time frame the murders occurred?

Chuck Stonex is called to Arivaca Arizona to render medical aid for a minor gunshot wound knowing they are in hiding?

Chuck Stonex renders aid to the murderer Jason Eugene Bush without question and accepts the explanation of a smuggler shooting him?

Chuck Stonex does not report the gunshot wound to authorities?

Chuck Stonex claims he was there to patrol the border around Tombstone?

Why was Chuck Stonex not with his leader? Or perhaps he was!

Could Chuck Stonex, this “patriotic American”, who answers criticism with cowardly attacks on innocent women, be THE 4th Man?

“Shoot, reload, shoot, call 911 is my SOP” – Chuck Stonex, Minuteman

Problem is the mother is the one who called 9-11

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Albert Robert Gaxiola, one of three charged with murder in an Arivaca home invasion, is escorted from the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

Albert Robert Gaxiola, one of three charged with murder in an Arivaca home invasion, is escorted from the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

Relief swept over Arivaca on Friday as the Pima County Sheriff’s Office announced three arrests in the brutal murders of a man and his 9-year-old daughter.

But along with it came despair at news that one of the suspects is a well-liked resident.

Albert Robert Gaxiola, described by friends and neighbors as “one of the nicest guys you’d ever meet,” was arrested in Tucson on Friday afternoon in connection with the May 30 murders of Raul Flores Jr. and his daughter Brisenia.

Gaxiola, 42, has relatives in Arivaca and had been working at the Rocking “A” Feed & Hardware store for about three years.

One Arivaca man, speaking on condition of anonymity, said he was friends with Flores and Gaxiola. He said the quiet community that looks out for its own is shocked that Gaxiola could be involved in the crimes — especially the murder of a child.

“It’s kind of a slap in the face. Nobody would expect that,” he said. “He was a real nice guy. He loved kids.”

Still, he added, residents are relieved that someone is in custody in the face of rumors that drug cartels may have been involved, and that they could strike again.

Also in custody in connection with the incidents are Forde, 41, of Washington state, the head of a Minuteman splinter group called Minutemen American Defense, and Jason “Gunny” Bush, 34, alleged to be the trigger man and listed on the group’s Web site as “operations director.”

Sheriff’s officials said the three were looking for drugs and money to fund their efforts to keep illegal immigrants and drug runners out of the country.

All three have been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree burglary and one count of aggravated assault. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said officials are looking for other people in connection with the case.

Dupnik said Flores was “a large dealer” who likely had connections to large Mexican drug cartels and “has a history of being involved in narcotics.”

Most residents had an idea that Flores was smuggling drugs, the man said — his big car and money were a tipoff. But the real tragedy was that Brisenia had to pay the price.

Despite his flaws, Flores, known as “Junior,” was a good father, the man said; his daughters were “never dirty, always clean, well-dressed, polite, sweet little girls.”

Arivaca residents are now banding together behind their neighbors. Friday evening found a few women collecting donations to help support Flores’ wife, who was shot three times and is recovering, and his 12-year-old daughter, who was with her grandmother in Sahuarita when the shootings happened.

As I walk into a familiar place that takes me back in time and see many weathered faces of my Friends but eyes jolly and full of laughter that you just cant help but grin when you walk in. Dressed for business and all but free, thats me! The perfect place to plan a murder!

"As I walk into a familiar place that takes me back in time and see many weathered faces of my Friends but eyes jolly and full of laughter that you just cant help but grin when you walk in. Dressed for business and all but free, that's me! The perfect place to plan a murder!"

It was a somber scene as residents gathered at the midtown saloon. The conversations drifted from music to politics to sports, but always back to the events of May 30 as hugs and tears flowed.

Forde, the ringleader of the plot to murder and rob the Flores family, according to deputies, had sat at that bar months earlier while in town patrolling the border as part of her group, locals said.

Though they kept her at arm’s length, they said that she seemed normal, contrary to Dupnik’s assertion that she is “at best, a psychopath.”

Bush is unknown to residents.

Gaxiola, by all accounts, wasn’t involved in the Minuteman group, and his friends don’t know what could have motivated him to join Forde and Bush.
SOURCE: By Daniel Newhauser, Green Valley News

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4th_manFiredoglake reports that Shawna Forde, the anti-immigrant leader of the Minuteman American Defense (M.A.D.) who was recently charged with the murder of a 9-year-old Hispanic girl and her father, co-hosted the 2007 Washington State Illegal Immigration Summit that reportedly featured presidential candidates Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, and Fred Thompson.

The Reagan Wing, a conservative blog dedicated to picking up Ronald Reagan’s “sword” still features a plug for the summit which it describes as “the pinnacle Conservative event of 2007“:

In addition the event is co-hosted by Minutemen American Defense, a Washington state-wide American citizen defense coalition headed by Shawna Forde, a re-born Rock promoter from the days of the music world-shaking Seattle Rock explosion. Shawna will speak.

Representatives (or the actual candidates) will appear from Presidential campaigns for TOM TANCREDO, DUNCAN HUNTER and FRED THOMPSON.

Minuteman leader Jim Gilchrist, who has tried to distance himself from Forde in recent days, also headlined the 2007 event.

The summit, which featured the slogan “The Great Gringo awakens from siesta,” was reportedly attended by “white supremacists, militia types, neo-Nazis, and skinheads.”

Right wing anti-immigration groups are frantically trying to distance themselves from Forde. The anti-immigrant group, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), issued a press release this afternoon denying any association with Forde after a video popped up of Shawna Forde speaking as a FAIR activist. The blog Long Island Wins reports that web pages from Gilchrist’s website where he supposedly defends Forde are nothing but broken links in a google cache. VDARE, “the homepage of educated racism” has reportedly also “scrubbed” all of its web pages that once supported Forde. So far, CNN’s Rick Sanchez has been one of the few mainstream journalists to question Forde’s connection to the larger movement against immigration.

SANCHEZ: The nation’s largest minuteman group has distanced itself from Forde we should say. And we’ve learned that within Minuteman circles she is considered a bit of a loose canon. But you do have to wonder: how did Shawna Forde–a supposed fringe element–turn up on PBS as a player in the anti-immigration movement?

Immigration advocates as well as normal Americans are outraged at the mainstream media’s lack of coverage and are asking their supporters to share the story of the 9-year-old victim’s death. Today, Crooks and Liars posted an emotional recording of the 911 call placed by her mother on the day of the attack.
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Thanks to our friend Andrea Nill at Think Progress – The Wonk Room

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Shawna Forde, in her brand new bullet ptoof vest, looks right at home in the comm center of Camp Vigilence. Photo courtesy of Shawna's Corner MAD

Shawna Forde, in her brand new bullet ptoof vest, looks right at home in the comm center of Camp Vigilence. Photo courtesy of Shawna's Corner MAD

CONFIRMED: Shawna Forde has Direct Ties to National Minuteman Groups! Ties to Both Simcox and Gilchrist!

East County magazine has confirmed what many continue to deny and the GI Joe’s and other wannabe’s are furious.

The comments to this expose’ are coming fast and furious. As if often the case, when the cowards are caught, the become angry and the fingerpointing and name calling begin.

Here’s some examples to this article.

Submitted by kdreger on Tue, 06/16/2009 – 06:12.
Well, where do we start……….
Mr. OR Mrs. Editor

Your claims to have factual information are NOT firsthand reporting, you have no actual factual firsthand knowledge of any of the information in your so called article and I will give you examples.

1. Your claim that Frode attended training at Camp Vigilance is totally incorrect, I personally have checked signin sheets back to Jan 1, 2008 and she never was on the property in any fashion other that for 1 hour in August 08.
2. Your claim that Camp Vigilance is operated by Minuteman Civil Defense is also incorrect, it is NOT operated by that group, factually incorrect again. It is operated by Minuteman California Corp Inc. (Not at all associated with MCDC)
3. Your comment from Enrique Morones from Border Angels should also include his group. Ask him why his group failed to report a young missing woman and child in East county of Feb 2008 to the local & BP officials who was thought to be missing in the freezing cold of winter! Ask Morones why his group went to Mexico looking for this pair for a week and then came back to the US without letting anyone in the rescue area assist! Ask Mr. Morones WHO actually assisted him in a search for these two, ask him! Ask Mr. Morones about who took his 7 people into the mountains of the East county gun club area for over 7 hours looking for these two. Then ask him if that group was Violent!
4. Again you claim that MCDC maintains the Camp Vigilance facility, this also is incorrect, I am one of the camp leadership people, MCDC has never had a part in any leadership of Camp Vigilance Factually incorrect again. MCDC along with other groups operate out of Camp Vigilance.
5. More second hand hear say about Britt and Shana Forde going to Camp Vigilance. In August 2008 at roughly 2:00PM her group went to Camp Vigilance, presented a MCDC ID card, and our (New) caretaker let them onto the property. (That card was false identification, as it expired when MCDC let her go in 2006, so she presented false documents to gain access to the facility) . He showed them around, and they were able to convience him to even open our communications center. Upon doing this they procedded to take photos of restructed areas. At approximatley 3:00PM I got a call from the caretaker letting me know who was on the property, he was told to immediatley remove them from the property as they were not, nor never were or have been welcome at Camp Vigilance at which time he did so.
6. Your claim that SPLC classifies MCDC as a “nativist extreamist group” is also incorrect. MCDC is full of people of color, people from countries around the globe, how on earth could that be “nativist”? Anyway everone with half a brain knows that the SPLC is so far out there they don’t even register any longer as a creditable source for valid information.

If these people are found to be guilty of committing this hanis crime they will get just what is coming to them, and we stand behing any decission like that, criminals must be punnished! Every criminal, no exceptions.

As for Minutemen being some type of supremacist group, ask Ted Hays if we are that, he is one of us also. Ask Ted if he ever heard anything racist from us.

Now, please do all your readers a favor and check your facts, check them more than once, Journalism is a skill, a art form strive to be the best. Re-reporting is for people with no skills.

Respectfully,

Then we get the crap from this patriot!

Submitted by patriot04 on Mon, 06/15/2009 – 22:49.
Well Ms Raftery, you must be so proud of your publication. Writing fiction is your real talent. You make up “facts” spew forth your liberal BS and purposely mislead your readers.

What would they know? According to Alexa your readers are web bots in India.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/eastcountymagazine.org . Bet the Heartland Foundation would just love to know how well your spending their donations. What? You didn’t tell them about the web bots in India falsely boosting your web traffic?
Hmmm. Note to self. Write another email.

The folks at Camp Vigilance work very closely with law enforcement to stop idiots like your friend Enrique Morones from importing drugs, people and contraband illegally into the US. What Shawna Forde did was terrible. She acted independently and with the support of Jim Gilchrist of the Minuteman Project who has nothing to do with Camp Vigilance and never has. Shawna Forde spent less than an hour at Camp Vigilance (thats Vigilance not Vigilante you moron) in 2008 using a fake ID to gain access. She was never trained there nor has she been a member there but then again those would be facts not fiction and you wouldn’t know anything about that now would you?

You are really good at fiction.

You are perilously close to a lawsuit. Keep writing your trash. We’ll own this rag before long and start telling the truth or maybe just shut it down since computers in India really don’t have much interest in East County San Diego anyway. After my next email, we probably won’t have to worry about that.

Semper Vigilans

Ho Hum., these cowards give the word “Patriot” a bad name which makes most true Americans want to puke when they see it.

So who is correct? The right wing whacko cowards or the reporter? I think the photo, taken from Shawna Fordes on website proves the point.

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