Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez

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No New Trial For Border Agent Acquitted Of Killing Mexican Teen, U.S. Prosecutors Say

6:56pm December 06, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

Two separate juries deadlocked on charges stemming from an October 2012 cross-border shooting by a border agent.

The border fence separating Nogales, Ariz. from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. In 2012 a Mexican teenager was shot and killed by a border patrol agent shooting through the fence. Last week, the agent was found not-guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

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A Not-Guilty Verdict Absolves Border Patrol Of Cross-Border Killing

1:47pm November 25, 2018

by Ana Adlerstein

A Border Patrol agent was found not-guilty of involuntary manslaughter, raising questions about when and where use of excessive force is allowed in defending the U.S. border with Mexico.