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Alleged Murderer Of Border Patrol Agent Extradited To Tucson

Slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
(Photo courtesy of the U.S. Border Patrol)
Slain Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

MEXICO CITY — A man accused of killing a border patrol agent in 2010 in Nogales, Arizona, was extradited from Mexico on Tuesday. He will face charges in Tucson. 

Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes allegedly murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry while he and other agents worked to dismantle a gang of drug and people smugglers.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that Osorio-Arellanes will face charges in the U.S. District Court in Tucson Wednesday afternoon.

Osorio-Arellanes has been awaiting extradition since his arrest by Mexican authorities in April last year.  

Six other people were charged with him: three already pleaded guilty, two were convicted after a jury trial, and another one has not been tried yet.

Rodrigo Cervantes was KJZZ’s bureau chief in Mexico City from 2016 to 2021.