Border Patrol agent is indicted in 2012 fatal shooting
*This is only the third time in 20 years that a Border Patrol agent faces murder charges. VL
By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Border Patrol agent charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Mexican teen is one of only three agents to face murder charges in more than 20 years.
Lonnie Swartz was indicted Wednesday on one count of second-degree murder by a federal grand jury that reviewed the death of 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, who was hit about 10 times by bullets that went through a border fence.
“It’s very rare for a Border Patrol agent to be charged criminally when the abuse or killing is on U.S. soil,” said Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the Immigrants’ Rights Project for the American Civil Liberties Union.
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