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June 12, 2019

Trial Against Humanitarian Activist Scott Warren Ends in Hung Jury
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In Arizona, a case against a humanitarian aid volunteer who provided
food, water and shelter to undocumented migrants ended in a mistrial
Tuesday after a deadlocked jury was unable to deliver a verdict. Scott
Warren, from the groups No More Deaths and Ajo Samaritans, faced up to
20 years in prison after being charged with two counts of felony
harboring and one count of felony conspiracy. Eight jurors found Scott
Warren not guilty; four said he was guilty. Prosecutors have declined to
comment on whether they would seek a retrial against Warren. This is
Scott Warren speaking to supporters and the press after yesterday's
mistrial.

Scott Warren: "Since my arrest in January of 2018, at least 88 bodies
were recovered from the Ajo Corridor of the Arizona desert. We know
that's a minimum number and that many more are out there and have not
been found. The government's plan in the midst of this humanitarian
crisis? Policies to target undocumented people, refugees and their
families; prosecutions to criminalize humanitarian aid, kindness and
solidarity; and now, where I live, the revelation that they will build
an enormous and expensive wall across a vast stretch of southwestern
Arizona's unbroken Sonoran Desert."



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