Kelly, 73, faces first-degree murder charges in the deaths of people named Gabriel Cuen Butimea, who lived just south of the border in Nogales, Mexico. Butimea has been convicted of illegal entry and deported to Mexico several times, most recently in 2016.
Two more people from the group have since turned themselves in to law enforcement and were referred to authorities this week. amend the complaint against Kelly .
Hanley’s filing said Kelly’s comments contradicted what witnesses in the group told law enforcement, and that his story had changed significantly over time.
“Kelly, without warning or provocation, shot an unarmed man in the back as he fled, in addition to shooting other individuals,” Hanley said in a filing, accusing Kelly of $1 million in cash. I opposed the reduction of the bonds.
She wrote that the group “posed no threat to him or his family” but nevertheless “repeatedly opened fire with AK-47s, attacking and killing one of them”.
Kelly’s attorney, Brenna Larkin, says Kelly did not shoot the man, but Kelly carried an AK-47 rifle and backpack that he encountered on the property earlier in the day. He admitted to firing warning shots over the smuggler’s head.
Justice of the Peace Emilio G. Velázquez Wednesday ordered that Kelly’s bond be changed from cash to a bond. Play.
Velasquez has set a preliminary hearing Friday at 9:00 am (11:00 am ET) in the Santa Cruz County Court of Justice.
The shooting aroused strong political sentiment less than six months after the prison warden and his brother were arrested. West Texas shooting kills one immigrant, injures anotherMichael Shepherd and Mark Shepherd, both 60, have been charged with manslaughter in the September shooting in El Paso County.
Authorities say the twin brothers stopped their truck near the town, about 25 miles (40 km) from the border, and opened fire on a group of migrants who were fetching water along the road. A male migrant died and a woman suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
A GoFundMe campaign covering the costs of Kelly’s defense has been suspended and the funds have been returned to the donors, the platform said in a statement last week.
“GoFundMe’s terms of service expressly prohibit campaigns that raise funds to cover the legal defense of persons duly charged with violent crimes,” it said. “In line with this long-standing policy, fundraising campaigns for the legal defense of persons charged with murder will be removed from our platform.”
GiveSendGo, which bills itself as a Christian fundraising platform, has represented Kelly in legal defense for at least four campaigns, including one that has raised over $300,000 as of Wednesday.
Kelly appears to have explored border pastoral life in her self-published novel Far Beyond the Border Fence, described by Amazon.com as “a contemporary novel that brings Mexico’s border/drug conflict into the 21st century.” increase.
The 57-page novel, written by a man of the same name, focuses on a man named George and his wife, Wanda, who is also named Kelly’s real-life wife.
“Several times a week, illegal immigrants cross the VMR ranch,” reads one piece. “They were led by armed human smugglers called coyotes. George and the foreman had to patrol the ranch daily armed with AK-47s.”
