By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A Border Patrol agent who has been charged with murder after shooting and killing a Mexican teenager through a border fence is expected to face a trial in November.
Nov. 7 is the trial date set by U.S. District Court Judge Raner C. Collins.
Border Patrol agent Lonnie Ray Swartz was charged with second-degree murder in September in the killing of 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, AZCentral reports.
The trial has been delayed multiple times.
The teenager’s mother, Araceli Rodriguez, said she hopes the right jury is selected.
“I hope that the jury that is deciding the case has morals, is a jury made up of members who have children, is a jury that knows good from bad, that can distinguish the truth from lies,” she said. “I hope that the jury leans towards justice. To choose justice.”
The U.S. government intends to call eight expert witnesses at the trial, including a ballistics expert and three forensic medical examiners.
