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Border Agent Charged in Killing of Undocumented Immigrant

HeadlineApr 24, 2007

A Border Patrol agent has been charged in the shooting death of an unarmed Mexican immigrant earlier this year. Agent Nicholas Corbett is accused of first-degree and second-degree murder in the killing of Francisco Dominguez-Rivera. Corbett has claimed he was acting in self-defense, but witnesses say he fired while pushing Dominguez-Rivera to the ground.

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