By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
A mistrial has been declared in the trial of a man accused of killing an off-duty Border Patrol agent.
The 12 jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict Friday in the murder trial of Hisaias Justo Lopez, who is accused of fatally stabbing Border Patrol Agent Isaac Morales on May 20, 2017, in the parking lot of the Union Draft House in East El Paso, the El Paso Times reports.
Defense lawyers for Lopez argued Morales was drunk and the aggressor, forcing their client to defend himself.
Prosectors insisted Lopez started the fight unprovoked.
“I think there is no more deliberation,” the jury’s foreperson told the judge.
According to the El Paso Times, 10 jurors believed Lopez was guilty, and two thought he was not guilty.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether prosecutors would seek to retry Lopez.
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