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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

Border Patrol agent’s trial in death of Mexican teen delayed

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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2014, file photo, a photo of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, who was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol near the Mexico-U.S border, leans against a podium on a church altar during a memorial mass in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The civil rights case against Agent Lonnie Swartz over the Rodriguez' death will go forward after U.S. District Court Judge Raner C. Collins denied a part of his motion to dismiss the case. (AP Photo/Valeria Fernandez, File)

Appeals court considers Arizona cross-border shooting case

By ASTRID GALVAN - Associated Press