The recent killing of a migrant on a rancher’s property near Nogales, Arizona, should never have happened and there should be consequences and justice, Mexican officials said at a press conference held on Friday. rice field.
Mexican citizen Gabriel Cuen Buitimea, 48, was shot dead on January 30. Local rancher George Alan Kelly was charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Kelly, 74, was arrested after sheriff’s deputies found Kuen’s body on a rancher’s property near the U.S.-Mexico border. Kelly pleaded not guilty and on February 22 he was released on a $1 million cash bond.
Vanessa Calva-Ruiz of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs summarized the case at a news conference in Nogales, Arizona on Friday. Fired a weapon at least 8 times.
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Prosecutors say two other immigrants who were with the group on Kerry property when Kuhn was killed are also victims of the incident. testified at the court hearing of
Cuen was unarmed and fleeing gunfire when he was shot in the back, Calva said in Spanish.
“The defendant, George Kelly, opened fire on the group to which Mr. Kuhn belonged. None were armed. There was no element of imminent danger. I called immigration officers on various occasions, not 911,” she said.
Calva was speaking about the prosecution’s position in the case. That is, Kelly shot an unarmed man in the back in a provocative attack as he was trying to flee without warning, and he was killed along with a group of about eight immigrants. It means that there was
The defense said Kelly only approached armed men on his property and fired warning shots at their heads.
Calva also brought out Kelly’s self-published book, which has been described as a “modern novel that brings Mexico’s border/drug conflict into the 21st century.”
“We know the defendant supports political action that promotes vigilante practices,” she said. “He published books that reflect this kind of ideology and advocate for people to take justice into their own hands, and they are still being sold.”
Mexican authorities are providing advice and support to Kuen’s family. Besides saying that in the general situation where someone is the victim of a violent crime, they can explain the legal process and legal alternatives for criminal proceedings, they provide specific details about the support they are providing to families. Said it can’t be shared publicly.Available for families.
Santa Cruz County had Kuhn’s body shipped to his family in Nogales, Sonora. At a press conference on Friday, Marcos Moreno Baez, the Mexican Consulate General in Nogales, said the family had been provided with some compensation, although the amount was not disclosed, and mental health services were also provided.
A judge ruled on February 24 that the state had established probable cause or sufficient evidence against Kelly to proceed to trial in Santa Cruz County Superior Court. scheduled for the 6th.
State prosecutors outlined their position, At a hearing held at the Court of Justice in Nogales on February 22, In a lawsuit against George Alan Kelly A Santa Cruz County sheriff’s deputy was arrested on Jan. 30 after discovering the body of a Mexican on Kelly’s property near Nogales.
