Immigrants
cleared in
Border Patrol
agent shooting


Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 2:55 PM MST


WICK NEWS SERVICE


Three illegal immigrants arrested near the scene of a

shootout that left a Border Patrol agent dead have been

cleared by federal authorities of involvement in the shooting.

Robbie Sherwood, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office

in Arizona, says two of the immigrants pleaded guilty to

an immigration violation Tuesday and the third is expected

to do so today. They will be deported to Mexico.

Sherwood says in a written statement that there’s no evidence

tying the three to the Dec. 14 shooting.

The three immigrants from Mexico were arrested near Nogales

the day after Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was shot.

Terry was waiting with other agents in a canyon 13 miles

north of the border when a shootout with bandits erupted.

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