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🦄 Borders & Migration

Verdict in Trial of Border Police Murder to be Announced This Week

November 19, 2018November 22, 2018

Tucson, AZ – On Friday, November 16, a jury in the federal court in Tucson began deliberation in the ongoing second trial of Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz, who killed 16-year-old José Antonio Elena Rodriguez in 2012. The first trial this spring failed to convict…

🦄 Borders & Migration

Border Patrol Agent Back on Trial for Cross-Border Killing of Teenager

November 16, 2018November 26, 2018

Tucson, AZ – Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz is being retried in court for the 2012 cross-border killing of 16-year-old José Antonio Elena Rodriguez. In April 2018, Swartz was found not guilty of second degree murder with hung jury on lesser charges of manslaughter. A…

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