Reports: Suspect had prior dispute with Arivaca home invasion victim

[Ptah]

Source: Arizona Daily Star

A man arrested in a fatal home invasion that left a father and his
9-year-old daughter dead had previously been in a dispute with the
dad over marijuana, according to reports released Wednesday.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department released more than 100 pages in
reports Wednesday from the double homicide, which occurred in Arivaca on May 30.

They describe how the first deputy on scene arrived at the home to find
Raul Flores dead on one couch and his daughter Brisenia on another couch
with blood on her face and bullet wound in her cheek.

The deputy made his way to the kitchen and found Flores’ wife,
Gina Marie Gonzalez, on the floor wounded. She had been shot
three times and had to be flown to a hospital.


Read more: http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/298417.php

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Here are some previous threads on DU about this story -->

From: Sat Jun-13-09

Head of a minuteman group arrested for double homicide:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=3921108

Three people have been arrested in connection with last months
deadly double homicide in Arivaca that left a nine-year-old
and her father dead. One of the people arrested for the homicide
is the National Executive Director of the Minuteman American Defense
group (M.A.D.), a group known for patrolling the border, and is
dedicated to "Defending America's Borders" according to their website -
http://minutemenamericandefense.org /

Jason Eugene Bush, 38, Shawna Forde, 42 and Albert Robert Gaxiola, 43,
were all taken into custody and charged in connection with the murders
of 29-year-old Raul Flores and 8-year-old Brisenia Flores. Both were
killed during an alleged home invasion.

According to authorities, Bush, Forde, and Gaxiola broke into the home
of the Flores family just after midnight on May 30th. At the time,
the mother, father and daughter were home. The invaders reportedly shot
the three members of the Flores family, killing the father, Raul, and the daughter, Brisenia. The invaders then left the scene.

The mother survived the shooting, called police, and found a gun.
Sheriff Dupnik says the three returned moments later to make sure
everyone was dead. At that point, the mother shot and injured Bush,
and the three fled the scene.



From: Tue Jun-16-09

911 call in deadly home invasion released (with audio):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=3926268


The Pima County Sheriff's Department has released a recording of
the 911 in the fatal home invasion in Arivaca last week.

Accused ringleader Shawna Forde, Jason Eugene Bush and Arivaca resident
Albert Robert Gaxiola were arrested Friday in connection with the home
invasion in which Raul Flores, 29, and his daughter Brisenia, 9, were killed.

Forde, 41, who has lived primarily in Everett, Wash., was the executive director
of Minutemen American Defense, and she had named Bush the "operations director"
for the group's border-watch activities along the Arizona-Mexico border.

All three are being held at the Pima County jail.



From: Tue Jun-23-09

Rogue Minutemen leader held in fatal home invasion:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5910724

SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) -- Raul Flores thought federal agents had barged with guns drawn into his
home in Arivaca, Arizona, in the middle of the night.

The woman and two men wore uniforms and identified themselves as U.S. Marshals. They claimed the
house was surrounded. They said they were looking for an escaped prisoner, Flores' wife told a 911 dispatcher.

But there was no backup waiting outside, and no fugitive. The marshals were imposters.

They had targeted Flores because they suspected he was a drug trafficker and they wanted to rob and kill him,
according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. people who deal drugs risk violence to their home and family. I see this on 48 hours.

[Flaneur]

2. No, people who deal prohibited drugs risk violence to home and family.

Liquor stores, convenience stores, and pharmacies, not so much. Hmmm, maybe it's not the drugs but their prohibited status that is the problem.