Border Patrol agent charged with murder

Source: MSNBC

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was charged Monday with first-degree murder for shooting an illegal immigrant during a confrontation on the Arizona side of the border in January.

An investigation found that Agent Nicholas Corbett's killing of Francisco Dominguez-Rivera of Puebla, Mexico, was not legally justified, said Cochise County's top prosecutor, Ed Rheinheimer.

"We have concluded that the evidence shows that at the time he was shot, Mr. Dominguez-Rivera presented no threat to Agent Corbett," Rheinheimer said.

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The shooting, which drew condemnation from the Mexican government, occurred while Corbett was trying to apprehend Dominguez-Rivera and three others who were trying to enter the country illegally.



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