Trial Continues for Arizona Rancher Accused of Murdering Illegal Immigrant

Published on March 29, 2024

NOGALES, Ariz.—Testimony continued in the trial of a 75-year-old Arizona rancher accused of gunning down an illegal immigrant on his property with an AK-47 rifle on Jan. 30, 2023. George Alan Kelly faces charges of second-degree murder and aggravated assault using a deadly weapon in the fatal shooting of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, a Mexican citizen who was allegedly seeking work as a roofer in the United States. On the fourth day of trial, state prosecutors called three law enforcement witnesses who testified to searching Mr. Kelly’s 100-acre property shortly after the shooting. “It’s a dangerous area that we work,” prosecution witness Roberto Heredia, a 15-year Border Patrol agent in Nogales, Ariz., told the 12-member jury on March 28 in Santa Cruz County Superior Court....

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