The jurors in question are American citizens and live in the same county as where these border crossings occured.
Regardless of their race, they probably have the same issues with illegals crossing the border as anyone else in the county.
So, for them to find in favor of these illegals probably says a lot as to how extreme they considered the actions of the ranch owners.
Something is screwed up here. I'm reading the jury was in the criminal case.
"The Salvadorans testified against Mr. Nethercott when he was tried by Texas prosecutors. The jury deadlocked on a charge of pistol-whipping but convicted Mr. Nethercott"