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Gunmen attack migrants, kill man and injure teen
Sarah Muench
The Arizona Republic
Feb. 1, 2007 05:47 PM
Authorities are searching for four men who attacked 12 undocumented immigrants, killed an Eloy man and shot a teenager, Pinal County Sheriff's Office officials said.
Authorities said David Norris Jr. was driving a pickup truck containing 12 illegal immigrants late Saturday in an Eloy farm field when four heavily armed men in a white full-size van began firing on them.
All four men were wearing military-style berets, camouflage pants and shirts, authorities said.
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"As far as being a group we don't know that yet," said Pinal County Sheriff's Office Detective Buddy Johnson, who is investigating the case. "Is there any group of people we are looking at? No. Anybody can dress in anything and they can do this."
Detectives aren't sure of a motive, that the attackers could have been vigilantes, rival smugglers or criminals trying to steal drugs, although no drugs were found in the truck, Johnson said.
"Anything's possible, we are taking all the information we can," Johnson said.
Norris, 46, of Eloy, was fatally shot and 19-year-old Andres de Jesus, from Oaxaca, Mexico, was shot in the leg during the attack, authorities said.
"They told them to get down to the floor and then they shot and everyone started running," said Alejandro Ramos, a spokesman with the Mexican Consulate in Tucson, from the immigrants' reports. "They didn't take anything. It's pretty strange. We aren't sure who (the attackers) are."
The teen, who authorities originally said was 12 years old, was released Thursday from a Tucson hospital and taken to a hospital in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Ramos said. He had been separated from his wife during the attack, who Ramos said was just found at about 5 p.m. Thursday and will be reunited with her husband.
Johnson said due to the large amount of blood found in the back of the pickup, a third victim may have also been shot but has not been found.
The four suspects were wearing military-style berets, one red and three black, and green camouflage pants and shirts, authorities said.
Three of the suspects are described as White and one Hispanic, who spoke limited Spanish, authorities said.
Most of the undocumented victims fled from the attack, but authorities were able to talk to five witnesses, ages 14 to 24, who helped produce a sketch of one of the attackers, Johnson said.
Johnson said the Sheriff's Office is working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hunt the attackers.
Anyone with information on the attack is asked to call the Pinal County Sheriff's Office Homicide Division at 1-800-358-4636 or 1-520-866-5105