Border agent charged with murder

By EDUARDO MONTES, Associated Press Writer
Mon Apr 23, 8:29 PM ET
A Border Patrol agent was charged Monday with first-degree murder in the shooting of an unarmed illegal immigrant at the border in January.
The shooting, which drew condemnation from the Mexican government, occurred while Corbett was trying to apprehend Dominguez-Rivera and three others who were trying to enter the country illegally.
In the days after the shooting, the Border Patrol said that a scuffle had led to it and that the agent had "feared for his life."
More than 300 pages of documents later released by prosecutors revealed that Corbett's account didn't match witness testimony or forensic evidence.
Corbett told colleagues he shot at a man who looked like he was going to throw a rock.
But three witnesses who were being apprehended along with Dominguez-Rivera — his two brothers and a sister-in-law — told investigators Corbett fired while pushing Dominguez-Rivera to the ground.

The witnesses are not only also illegally in the country but they are related to the man who was shot and our judicial system is siding with them over the border patrol. They would say anything to keep from being persecuted and perhaps win a huge civil settlement. Unbelievable! -mm