The trial of an Arizona rancher charged with shooting and killing an unarmed migrant who was on his property has ended in a mistrial.
A mistrial has been declared in the trial of George Alan Kelly, an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting an unarmed migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border.This latest development came after Judge Thomas Fink sent jurors home for the weekend on April 19: jurors failed to reach a verdict on that day. Deliberations resumed on April 22.The jury got the case after a nearly one-month trial in a presidential election year that has drawn widespread interest in border security.
Cuen-Buitimea, 48, lived just south of the border in Nogales, Mexico. Court records show Cuen-Buitimea had previously entered the U.S. illegally several times and was deported, most recently in 2016.Prosecutor Mike Jette said Kelly recklessly fired nine shots from an AK-47 rifle toward a group of men, including Cuen-Buitimea, about 100 yards away on his property.Kelly said he fired warning shots in the air, but he didn’t shoot directly at anyone.
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