
A rare photo of the founder of the Minutemen Jim
Gilchrist
and Shawna Forde.

Shawna Forde founded a splinter group, the Minutemen American
Defense (M.A.D.) organization,
which had 14 members at the time of the raid on the Flores family
residency.

Shawna Forde

Shawna Forde during an interview on Feb. 5, 2009
(Dan Bates/The Herald)

Shawna Forde

Shawna Forde

Shawna Forde

Shawna Forde

Shawna Forde


Shawna Forde


Defendant Shawna Forde listens during opening arguments in her murder
trial in Pima
County Superior Court in Tucson, Ariz., in this Jan. 25,
2011 file photo.
(Greg Bryan/AP/File)

On February 22, 2011, Shawna Forde was sentenced to death by a Tucson
jury,
becoming the 3rd woman on Arizona's death row.


Jason Eugene "Gunny" Bush was sentenced to the death penalty for the
murders of Junior
and Brisenia
Flores, and in May 2011, received another 78 years for other crimes.


Albert Gaxiola was found guilty of the murders and
sentenced to life without parole plus 54 years.

Home of murder victims Raul and Brisenia Flores in Arivaca, Arizona.
(Photo - Arizona Daily Star)
The victims

Raul Flores and her daughter Brisenia.

Raul Flores and her daughter Brisenia.

Brisenia Flores, 9.