NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Closing arguments are expected Thursday in the trial of an Arizona rancher charged with fatally shooting an unarmed migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border last year.
George Alan Kelly, 75, was charged with second-degree murder in the January 30, 2023, shooting of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, who lived just south of the border in Nogales, Mexico.
The more than two-week trial included jurors visiting Kelly’s nearly 170-acre (69-hectare) cattle ranch in Nogales, Arizona. Cuen-Buitimea, 48, was in a group of men that Kelly encountered. The other migrants weren’t injured and managed to escape back to Mexico.
The case has attracted national attention as border security continues to be a top issue this election year and garnered sympathy for the rancher from some on the political right. Court records show Cuen-Buitimea had previously entered the U.S. illegally several times and was deported, most recently in 2016.
REVEALED: NBC 'plans to put heart
Chinese Taipei athletes feel at home in Hangzhou
Chinese police take back 130 gambling, scam suspects from Cambodia
Xi Extends Congratulations on DPRK's 75th Founding Anniversary
Paris Olympics opening ceremony on river Seine will last nearly 4 hours
Boeing faces scrutiny again on quality control
Xi Sends Congratulatory Letter to 2023 Beijing Culture Forum
Team China runs cold in World Cup warm
Workers at Mercedes factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to vote in May on United Auto Workers union
Chinese auto industry hits milestones in 2023
An earthquake measuring 5.6 hits central Turkey. No immediate reports of casualties or damage
Zhang Weili defends UFC strawweight title against Brazil's Amanda Lemos