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Investigating Deaths of Undocumented Immigrants on the Border, Ryan Lenz, Southern Poverty Law Center (USA)Intelligence Report, Fall 2012, Issue Number  147"The mountains near here rise as jagged and unforgiving obstacles on the horizon for immigrants and smugglers who cross the border by moonlight and make their way northward along the foothills, stopping in the cypress groves for rest. It’s a natural passage and the easiest route to travel.But it was also here, on April 8, that a group of what was described as four white men wearing camouflage opened fire on a packed truck carrying immigrants illegally into the country, killing two of them. The victims, Gerardo Perez-Ruiz from the central Mexican city of Tolucaand another man believed to be from Guatemala, were part of a group of 20 to 30 immigrants driving through a remote desert wash near Eloy when the group of gunmen suddenly appeared" ...Lire la suite :http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/fall/death-in-the-desertSource :"The Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of society.Founded by civil rights lawyers Morris Dees and Joseph Levin Jr. in 1971, the SPLC is internationally known for tracking and exposing the activities of hate groups. Our innovative Teaching Tolerance program produces and distributes – free of charge – documentary films, books, lesson plans and other materials that promote tolerance and respect in our nation’s schools.We are based inMontgomery, Ala., the birthplace of the modern civil rights movement, and have offices in Atlanta,New Orleans,Miami, Fla., and Jackson, Miss."[caption id="attachment_1932" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Since 2005, large numbers of armed "citizen border patrols," many of them using the Minuteman name, have sought to prevent undocumented immigration from the south. Some fear the movement may have produced a team of assassins. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis)[/caption]&#160;