...this is what happened to Shawna Forde in early 2009:

Head of the Minuteman American Defense Attacked

"On Monday night at around 8pm Shawna was in her kitchen when she was brutally attacked. She was cold cocked and beaten with a bat or some kind of instrument all over her body. She was also cut with a blade on several locations of her body including her neck. She was raped and she prefers not to release any further details at this time.

There was a large 13 with a circle around it. During her statement she could recall someone calling to "drown the bitch" as she was being raped. When in the hospital the officer asked if she had drawn a bath she told him "no". After returning home the next day her tub was filled with water.

She is recovering slowly and in a lot of pain. She remember's a young boy, possibly a white male and another that spoke in Spanish. She believes there to be 3 attackers at this time and in and out of consciousness she recalls some Spanish being spoken. She has had some memory return but it is still blurry.

Shawna has been investigating drug cartel operations from Nogales to Sells. She had broken in pretty deep as far as locations and the ins and out of operations. She was working on discovering the connections here in WA state along with human trafficking of young girls."