A jury in southern Arizona is currently deliberating in the trial of a 75-year-old rancher charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of an unarmed migrant on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. The incident occurred on January 30, 2023, when the rancher fired shots from an AK-47 rifle towards a group of men, resulting in the death of 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, who lived in Nogales, Mexico.
Court records indicate that Cuen-Buitimea had previously entered the U.S. illegally multiple times and had been deported in 2016. The prosecutor argued that the rancher recklessly fired shots, causing fatal injuries to Cuen-Buitimea, who was found unarmed 115 yards away from the ranch house.
