SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal jurors in San Diego have convicted a Mexican man of murder in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent with a drug-laden vehicle.
Jurors deliberated for just two hours Tuesday before convicting Jesus Navarro. The 25-year-old Mexicali resident was also found guilty of conspiring to distribute marijuana in connection with the death of Border Patrol Agent Luis Aguilar in California’s Imperial Sand Dunes in January 2008.
Navarro faces maximum sentences of life in prison for murder and 40 years in prison on the drug charge. U.S. District Judge Michael Anello scheduled sentencing for June 27.
