
Illegal Immigrant Testifies He Did Not See Arizona Rancher Gun Down Victim on His Property
Published on March 28, 2024
NOGALES, Ariz.—Prosecutors in the second-degree murder trial of Arizona ranch owner George Alan Kelly called, as their first witness, an illegal immigrant nearly a dozen times deported from the United States, once for illegally smuggling drugs into the country. Honduran national Daniel Alberto Ramirez, 43, testified in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on March 27 that he saw the victim, Gabriel Cuen Buitimea, shot and killed by what he believes was an AK-47 rifle on Mr. Kelly’s property. Mr. Ramirez also testified that he had no idea there was a legal immigration process before paying criminal Mexican guides, known as “coyotes,” $2,500 for 10 illegal entries, two of which failed....
