Murder Conviction of Man Who Killed Border Patrol Agent Overturned

A Mexican man who was convicted of murdering a U.S. Border Patrol agent successfully showed he was provided ineffective counsel, a U.S. appeals court has ruled. The court overturned the man’s murder conviction. Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes in 2010 took part in an exchange of bullets with U.S. agents in Arizona, in mountains south of Tucson. Brian Terry, one of the agents, died. Terry’s death led to the discovery that a U.S. government operation dubbed “Fast and Furious” lost track of guns, including firearms that were found at the scene of the 2010 firefight. After the exchange, Osorio-Arellanes fled to Mexico, where he remained for nearly seven years before he was arrested....