Posted on 01/18/2017 8:45:27 AM PST by bgill
Border Patrol Agent Joel Luna got to trade in his jail-issued orange uniform for a suit and tie Tuesday, but the judge turned down his bid to have potentially damaging testimony thrown out on the first day of his capital murder trial. Luna and his brother Eduardo are accused of murder and drug cartel ties in the grisly beheading death of Franky Palacios, whose headless body was found floating off the waters of South Padre Island during the height of spring break in 2015. Joel Luna briefly took the stand as his lawyer attempted to suppress a statement he gave police after they seized a safe — later found with cocaine and cash inside — from his mother-in-law’s house. Police did not read the federal agent and Iraq War veteran his rights during the encounter.
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