Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly’s wife testified on Wednesday in the ongoing murder trial that has significant implications for the borderlands. Wanda Kelly, married to the defendant for over 50 years, recounted an incident on Jan. 30, 2023, when she saw two armed men near their cattle ranch in Nogales, Ariz. She described how her husband went outside with a rifle while on the phone with Border Patrol, hearing shots and fearing the worst.
Prosecutors claim Mr. Kelly shot and killed an 'unarmed migrant,' Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, but the defense questions the evidence supporting this. The fatal bullet was never found, and Kelly maintains he fired warning shots at suspected drug smugglers.
