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Story:
Arizona (2/15/2011) -- An Arizona anti-illegal immigration activist was convicted on Monday of killing two Latinos in 2009: nine-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father, Raul Flores.
'Convicted' means to be found guilty of a crime.
The killer, Shawna Forde, is a former member of the Minutemen, which patrols the southern border vigilante-style in order to stop Latinos from entering the USA.
Although the shootings were never classified as a hate crime, Latino groups say that the murder victims were chosen because they were Latinos.
The details are chilling: Shawna Forde and two others entered the Flores home. They were looking for a million-dollar drug stash that did not exist, and shot both of Brisenia Flores' parents before turning the gun on the child.
As her mother played dead, Brisenia Flores said, "Please don't shoot me," before being shot twice in the head.
A jury convicted Forde of planning and executing the raid that led to the deaths of Raul and Brisenia Flores, and of the attempted murder of Gina Gonzales, the child's mother (she survived the attack).
Forde was also convicted on two counts of aggravated assault and counts of burglary, armed robbery and aggravated robbery.
Questions:
1. Where did this story take place?
2. When did this story take place?
3. What were the names of the 2 people that were killed?
4. What is the name of the lady that killed them?
5. What was the name of the child's mother?
6. What does the word 'convicted' mean?
7. What do you think, was this crime committed to get drug money or was this crime committed because the victims were Latinos? Explain your answer.
Info from the Huffington Post. Video from CNN. Pic from http://1.bp.blogspot.com
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