In another one of the many, many consequences of Biden's disastrous border policy, a 73-year-old rancher from Arizona is being held for $1 million bail as he awaits trial for the killing of a trespasser who happened to be an illegal immigrant.
From BizPacReview:
On January 30, the flagrant disregard for border security by the current administration saw the previously deported 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Butimea allegedly trespassing on 73-year-old George Alan Kelly's ranch in Kino Springs, Arizona outside Nogales and a mile and a half north of the U.S.-Mexico border. According to a report from Nogales International, at 2:40 p.m. and 5:56 p.m. there were two reports of shots fired in the area, and after the second report, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office deputies located the body believed to be Cuen-Butimea between 100 to 150 yards from Kelly's home with a visible gunshot wound.
Due to the active nature of the investigation, details remain sparse on specifics, but Chief Deputy Gerardo Castillo did report that Kelly was arrested because "The investigation initially revealed that he had shot in the area."
There was a time in this country when trespassers being shot was just expected. No one would question the right for a man to protect his property.
Now it's first-degree murder with a MILLION-dollar bail.
At his initial court appearance on January 31, Justice of the Peace Emilio Velasquez set the bond for Kelly, who was charged with first degree murder, at $1 million and he was being held in the Santa Cruz County Jail.
So if you're a gangbanger in California, Chicago, or New York and you rob and murder people on the street, you get super low bail so you can go out and murder some more.
But if you are an elderly rancher who shoots an illegal alien trespasser, you get the book thrown at you. Hmm.
The rancher reportedly asked for leniency from Velasquez during his court appearance as, without him home, his wife would be left alone and there was no one else who could care for her and their land. "She's there by herself … nobody to take care of her, the livestock. Or the ranch. And I'm not going anywhere," he argued. "I can't come up with a million dollars. Is there… Would you consider reducing it to any degree?"
The judge did not waver on the amount despite Kelly's plea and Arizona's Stand Your Ground laws.
The old man who has to protect his property and should be aided by the Stand Your Ground law is the one who is in the wrong?
A neighbor of Kelly's told 13 News that the wasn't the first time the rancher had trouble with people trespassing and he believes whatever reason was used to justify the alleged shooting, Kelly was acting in the right.
In addition to being a rancher, Kelly was reported to be an author with a 57-page book available on Amazon titled "Far Beyond the Border Fence" that features characters and a ranch matching the names and descriptions of he and his wife that "brings the Mexican Border/Drug conflict into the 21st century."
Within the story, the character of George, along with his foreman, "had to patrol the ranch daily, armed with AK-47s."
When Kelly left the courtroom after being denied reduced bail by the judge, he reportedly said to officers, "Have a good day, guys. I don't think I'm going to."
We don't know all of the details of the case yet, but it's hard to imagine that a case involving trespassing could be considered a premeditated murder necessary for the first-degree charge.
