Trial date moved back for man arrested night of agent shooting

By Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 3:59 pm


A trial date has been extended two months for the last remaining man in custody who was arrested the night of a fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent.

The 34-year-old Mexican man, who was wounded in a Dec. 14 gunfight northwest of Nogales in which Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was killed, is charged with illegal re-entry after deportation.

His trial has been moved back to May 10 at the request of his attorney, Victoria Brambl of the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Tucson. The previous date was March 8.

“We are waiting for the government to complete the investigation,â€