A woman and two men, active in the anti-illegal immigration movement, are dedicated to watching for illegal immigrants. However, this particular trio were the lunatic fringe of a fringe movement.

They planned a home invasion of at the Southern Arizona home of a man with drug ties. Their goal was to take what they thought would be a sizable amount of money and drugs from Raul Flores.

Shawna Forde  (pictured above) was at the helm.  Forde was the leader of her own anti-illegal immigrant organization, the Minutemen American Defense (MAD), after being kicked out of more mainstream groups due to her reported instability.

Excerpt from Shawna Forde’s blog at the MAD’s web site, which drips with hypocrisy:  After they cross the border they are taking over area’s of our cities, neighborhoods, schools with their way of life witch is:

1 Corruption
2 Lie’s
3 Drug dealing
4 welfare fraud
5 stealing
6 Filthiness
7 Gang code of ethics
8 violence
9 no respect for existing Americans
10 Hate

While Forde accused Latinos of spreading hatred, Forde’s own racism and hatred led to a shocking crime.  Forde and her 2 co-horts dressed as law enforcement officers and then shot and killed 29 year old Raul Flores, his 9 near old daughter and wounded Flores’ wife.  They shot the little girl as part of their plan to leave no witnesses.  Flores’ wife was wounded, but successfully fought back and wounded one of her would be assailants, which ultimately helped authorities track down and capture Forde and 2 partners and charge them with first degree murder.

Hate groups frequently purport themselves as patriots and these groups need to be watched by authorities. If they can rationalize home invasions and murder, I shudder to think what else they might be able to rationalize.