2 illegals found guilty of murdering Border Patrol agent

The case wrapped up Wednesday in a federal court in Tucson.

During closing arguments, federal prosecutor Todd Robinson said it didn’t matter if either one of the defendants actually fired the shot that killed Terry. A prosecutor argued during closing statements Wednesday that DNA and fingerprint evidence, along with confessions from both defendants, proves they are guilty on all nine counts.

“It doesn’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt”.

Sanchez-Meza and Soto-Barraza denied they fired their weapons and said they fled when they were engaged by the agents.

Robinson, in his rebuttal, called Flores’ claims “nothing short of absurd”. Most of those guns were eventually lost – including two found at the scene of Terry’s death.

Terry was a member of the elite BORTAC team that had been working in the area known as Mesquite Seep. The team was set to be relieved an hour after the shooting occurred. The men told an Federal Bureau of Investigation agent that they were part of the rip crew. His fellow agents delivered emotional testimony during the trial, describing how the “rip crew” began firing indiscriminately in their direction after their paths crossed on December 14, 2010.

It appears Terry never had a chance to fire.

As reported by Breitbart Texas, the weapons used in that trial proved controversial since two them came from the failed ATF operation Fast and Furious. Terry died of a single gunshot wound to his lower back.

The judge ruled before the trial started that information about the operation would be excluded from testimony. Two suspects have already pleaded guilty, and two others remain fugitives.