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A procession marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 10, 2012 death of 16-year old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez ends at the spot where the teenager died after being hit approximately 10 times by gunfire from a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

The trial of Lonnie Ray Swartz, a Border Patrol agent accused of second-degree murder for the 2012 cross-border shooting of 16-year old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, has been delayed until March 22. Read more»

A procession marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 10, 2012, death of 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez ends at the spot where the teenager died after being hit approximately 10 times by gunfire from a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

Federal prosecutors asked to seal evidence collected in the murder trial of a Border Patrol agent in the 2012 cross-border shooting that killed a Mexican teenager in Nogales. The government confirmed that two videos of the incident exist and will be used as evidence against Agent Lonnie Swartz. Read more»

Araceli Rodriguez carries a cardboard coffin representing her son, Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, who was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired through the border fence in October 2012. The family has sued the agent and the Border Patrol, arguing that the shooting violated the boy's civil rights.

A federal judge in Tucson will hear arguments this month in response to a motion by the government to dismiss a lawsuit filed against a U.S. Border Patrol agent over the 2012 cross-border shooting death of a Mexican teenager. Read more»

Standing next to her lawyer Luis Parra, Taide Elena Rodriguez holds two photos of her grandson Jose Antonio during a press conference announcing a civil rights lawsuit against the U.S. government for the slaying of her grandson in Nogales, Sonora.

A federal judge ordered the disclosure Thursday of the name of the Border Patrol agent, Lonnie Swartz, who killed a Mexican teen in a 2012 cross-border shooting in Nogales. Read more»

An appropriately 'larger than life' bronze bust of Roll, seen here displayed on a poster at the special session, will be placed in Tucson's federal courthouse.

Judge John Roll, one of the victims of the Jan. 8 shooting, was remembered Friday in a special court session. Roll, who was Arizona's chief federal judge before he was gunned down, was called "genuine" by nearly every speaker at the memorial session. Read more»

A 49-year-old Mexican man was sentenced to two years in prison Friday for attempting to smuggle more than $1.1 million from the United States into Mexico. Read more»

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