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The Latest: Jury selected for 2nd trial of border agent

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The Latest: Jury released for day in border agent’s case

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FILE - This April 2, 2017 file photo made with a drone, shows the U.S. Mexico border fence as it cuts through the two downtowns of Nogales, Ariz. A U.S. border patrol agent is going on trial for second-degree murder in U.S. District Court in Tucson on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in a rare Justice Department prosecution of a fatal cross-border Mexico shooting. (AP Photo/Brian Skoloff, File)

The Latest: Jury seated for trial of Border Patrol agent

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FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 9, 2015 file photo, supporters from a number of humanitarian groups gather at a vigil for border shooting victim José Antonio Elena Rodríguez in front of the federal courthouse in Tucson, Ariz., preceding the arraignment of Border Patrol Agent Lonnie Swartz in the October 2012 shooting. According to documents filed on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, federal prosecutors said Swartz’s past arrest for military desertion, which he never disclosed when applying for work, is relevant to his murder trial. (Ron Medvescek/Arizona Daily Star via AP)

Military desertion is issue in border agent’s murder case

By TERRY TANG - Associated Press