Posted on 04/22/2024 5:30:49 PM PDT by CFW
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge declares a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border.
George Alan Kelly, 75, was charged with second-degree murder in the Jan. 30, 2023, shooting of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, who lived just south of the border in Nogales, Mexico.
Kelly recklessly fired nine shots from an AK-47 rifle toward a group of men, including Cuen-Buitimea, about 100 yards (90 meters) away on his cattle ranch, prosecutors said. Kelly has said he fired warning shots in the air, but he didn’t shoot directly at anyone.
Court officials took jurors to Kelly’s ranch as well as a section of the border. Superior Court Judge Thomas Fink denied news media requests to tag along.
Kelly had earlier rejected an agreement with prosecutors that would have reduced the charge to one count of negligent homicide if he pleaded guilty.
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“...Kelly recklessly fired nine shots from an AK-47 rifle toward a group of men...”
So goes the totally disrespeded “profession” of journalism. The reporter thankfully had simpleton easy to obtain studies to do in college,
is he out of jail?
For the sake of the defendant, Mr. Kelly and his wife, I hope there is no retrial. That’s a lot of unnecessary drama to go through at age 75.
It seems unlikely that the prosecutor will try a second time as they’re lacking a key piece of evidence. No bullet was recovered from the illegal.
>> No bullet was recovered from the illegal.
At 100 yards? Perhaps the illegal was shot at close range by one of his buddies
They have no clue who shot the alien criminal.
Yeah, no evidence that Mr Kelly fired the fatal shot and one would think that would be enough, but if you have a lefty prosecutor...
not really...i detest the media and was ready to lash out at the writer on FB or twitter after reading your post but hit the link and the entire paragraph reads as follow:
“Prosecutors said Kelly recklessly fired nine shots from an AK-47 rifle toward a group of men, including Cuen-Buitimea, about 100 yards (90 meters) away on his cattle ranch. Kelly has said he fired warning shots in the air, but he didn’t shoot directly at anyone. “
[For the sake of the defendant, Mr. Kelly and his wife, I hope there is no retrial. That’s a lot of unnecessary drama to go through at age 75.]
If the Biden government had done its job, none of this would have happened.
For all the expense and liability you just described, if this were my Dad or Uncle. I would advise them to sell that property as is, as soon as the trial was over. If we get another Dem President, what’s left of our borders will soon be ripped apart and discarded like so many useless tumbleweeds.
[>> No bullet was recovered from the illegal.
At 100 yards? Perhaps the illegal was shot at close range by one of his buddies]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mulSNmoeNH4
appreciated
It only takes one dissenting vote for a hung jury. Let's hope for the same for President Trump
“Perhaps the illegal was shot at close range by one of his buddies”
From what I remember of Mexicans out shooting east of San Diego, they just liked to blast the dirt in front of them
Marksmanship was not an issue.
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