One of the victims of the deadly shooting on the Eagle Ranch in Eloy has been identified as Gerardo Perez-Ruiz. Mr. Perez-Ruiz was a Mexican National from San Jose Del Rincon in Toluca, Mexico. The second victim is believed to be Guatemalan. He is still not being identified pending next of kin notification.
On Easter Sunday, April 8, approximately 20-30 border crossers were traveling in a pickup truck in a wash that is commonly used for human smuggling. They were ambushed by an unknown number of subjects in camouflage clothing armed with rifles. Shots were fired at the pickup truck at which time Mr. Perez-Ruiz, and the other deceased victim were struck.
Agents from the Casa Grande Border Patrol Station, Eloy Police Department, and Coolidge Police Department responded to the scene on the Eagle Ranch located at the south end of South Night Sky Street, south of West Antares Drive, in Eloy, Arizona.