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The scene where Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, 16, died on October 12, 2010 after he was shot and killed by Border Patrol Agent Lonnie Swartz.

A forensic pathologist, testifying for the prosecution in the manslaughter trial of BP Agent Lonnie Swartz, said that 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez was still moving and on the ground when he was shot in the head. Read more»

A vigil held at the spot where 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez collapsed and died after he was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

Jurors were shown a 3D model and video of the shooting of 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez more than six years ago as prosecutors pressed their case against the agent who shot him this week. Read more»

The scene where 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez died from a spot in Arizona around where Lonnie Swartz was standing when he fired his weapon, emptying one magazine and firing three rounds from another, sending 10 rounds into the boy's back and head.

Following opening arguments Wednesday, prosecutors began laying out their case against the Border Patrol agent who faces voluntary and involuntary manslaughter charges for shooting and killing a Mexican teenager in 2012. Read more»

Lonnie Swartz walks into his first trial at a federal court in March.

Frustrated by rocks thrown over the fence, Agent Lonnie Swartz abandoned his training and fired 16 shots in 34 seconds through the barrier that separates the U.S. and Mexico, hitting a 16-year-old boy 10 times in the head and back, prosecutors said during opening arguments. Read more» 1

A photo of Elena Rodriguez during a 2017 vigil for the boy in Nogales, Sonora.

The retrial of Lonnie Swartz, the Border Patrol agent accused of unlawfully killing a Mexican teenager more than six years ago, will begin Tuesday at the federal courthouse Tucson. Read more»

Protestors in front of the Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse in Downtown Tucson following an announcement that the jury acquitted a Border Patrol agent on one charge and deadlocked on two lesser charges.

Lonnie Swartz, the Border Patrol agent tried earlier this year in the killing of a Mexican teenager, will again face a Tucson jury after a federal judge denied a defense motion to move the case to Phoenix. Read more»

Lonnie Swartz, walking to the federal court.

Lawyers for Lonnie Swartz, the Border Patrol agent tried earlier this year in the killing of a Mexican teenager, have filed for a change of venue, asking to shift the retrial from Tucson to Phoenix. Read more»

Lonnie Swartz walks into federal court during his first trial in March.

Lonnie Swartz, the Border Patrol agent accused of unlawfully killing a Mexican teenager in 2012, will again face trial after federal prosecutors announced in court Friday that they will pursue voluntary and involuntary manslaughter charges. He was found not guilty of murder last month. Read more»

About 20 people attended a vigil in Nogales, Sonora the day after the Border Patrol agent accused of shooting and killed 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez was acquitted of second-degree murder by a federal jury.

Following the acquittal Monday of Lonnie Swartz, the BP agent accused of murdering 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, a small group held a vigil in Nogales, Sonora, on Tuesday evening. Read more»

A photograph of 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, killed by Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz, during a cross-border shooting in October 2012.

Edward Weisenburger, Bishop of Tucson: "Yesterday's deeply troubling jury decision related to the Border Patrol agent stationed in the Nogales area, who fired multiple shots across our border with Mexico, killing a 16-year-old boy on October 10, 2012, raises serious issues of justice and accountability." Read more»

Lonnie Swartz walks into federal court.

A jury found Border Patrol Agent Lonnie Ray Swartz not guilty on Monday of second-degree murder in the 2012 cross-border shooting of a Mexican teenager in Nogales, Sonora. The jury hung on lesser charges. Read more» 2

Lonnie Swartz walks into federal court where he faces a second-degree murder charge for shooting and killing a 16-year-old boy in 2012.

Jurors in the trial of Lonnie Swartz, the Border Patrol agent accused of second-degree murder, told a judge Friday that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict after nearly three days of reviewing the case. The judge gave them an "Allen charge" and instructed them to return to their deliberations. Read more»

Family members of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez lit candles at a memorial for the boy, slain in October 2012 by Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz.

Jurors began deliberating Monday after closing arguments in the case against Lonnie Ray Swartz, the Border Patrol agent on trial for second-murder for shooting and killing 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez Read more»

Lonnie Swartz, the Border Patrol agent accused of unlawfully killing a Mexican teenager, heads into court.

In emotional testimony, Lonnie Swartz, the Border Patrol agent accused of murder in the shooting death of a Mexican teenager, told jurors that he was scared and fired his weapon after a fellow agent and a Nogales police dog were hit with rocks thrown over the border fence. Read more»

An altar for Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, a 16-year-old boy killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent, during a vigil in October 2017.

A witness appeared to refute her own previous testimony Thursday as defense lawyers began to make their case for Lonnie Ray Swartz, the Border Patrol agent accused of murder in the shooting death a Mexican teenager in 2012. Read more»

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