Three illegal immigrants arrested Dec. 5 after a manhunt involving Cochise County deputies and U.S. Border Patrol agents were indicted Thursday in connection to multiple home invasions.
Between the three Mexican nationals, they are charged with more than 40 counts, including kidnapping, first-degree armed burglary and theft, Cochise County Attorney Ed Rheinheimer said Friday.The men were served with the indictment on Friday.The men were captured Dec. 6 after fleeing on foot Dec. 5 from an interrupted home invasion in the unincorporated Pearce area, during which the men tied up a 58-year-old woman in her guesthouse restroom after she investigated strange sounds in the house, according to the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office. The woman was not injured.
The victim of the Dec. 5 home invasion in Pearce reported at about 6 p.m. that three Hispanic men had been inside her guesthouse about 4:30 p.m. that day, and when she reached into the door to turn on the light to investigate unknown noise, they grabbed her arm, told her to shut up and tied her up in the bathroom.
She told investigators one of them was armed with a rifle.
The woman freed herself about 30 minutes later and went to the neighbors to get help.
The manhunt for the men began after the county was notified and was resumed the next morning. Border Patrol agents captured the three suspects on foot north of Davis Road and south of Highway 181 on the afternoon of Dec. 6.
Investigators, according to information they received during interviews with the three men, believe the men broke into the home in Pearce to search for food, water and clothing, said Carol Capas, spokeswoman for the Sheriff’s Office.
County detectives believe they forced entry, “and during interviewing they indicated they did this because they were hungry and thirsty. According to them, they were en route back to Mexico,” Capas said.http://www.svherald.com/articles/2007/12/16/news/doc47637fd52b859891981237.txt
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