Border Patrol agent charged with murder
A Border Patrol agent was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of an unarmed illegal immigrant at the border in January.
An investigation found that Agent Nicholas Corbett’s killing of Francisco Dominguez-Rivera, of Puebla, Mexico, was not legally justified, Cochise County prosecutor Ed Rheinheimer said.
Corbett was also charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and negligent homicide. A judge will determine which of the charges the evidence best supports, Rheinheimer said.
Corbett remains an agent but is not working in the field, said Gus Soto, a patrol spokesman.
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