Three illegal immigrants shot dead crossing US border: police

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TUCSON, United States (AFP) — Three illegal immigrants were shot dead and two more were wounded after falling prey to suspected bandits as they crossed into the United States from Mexico, police said.

Sergeant James Ogden of Pima County Sheriff's Department said the bodies of three men were discovered early Thursday after ranchers found a group of immigrants stumbling through the desert in southwest Arizona.

One body was found by a roadside and two more bodies were found in a pick-up truck after police conducted aerial searches of the area outside Tucson, around 60 miles north of the border with Mexico.

Two of the immigrants were taken to hospital for treatment to injuries while two more were being questioned by police trying to piece together events leading...