Murder Trial Starts for Man Who Stoked US Immigration Debate
A prosecutor says a Mexican national who touched off a debate on illegal immigration when he fatally shot a woman on a San Francisco pier fired the gun on purpose.
Oct. 23, 2017, at 9:00 p.m.
By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Mexican national who touched off a debate on illegal immigration when he fatally shot a woman on a San Francisco pier fired the gun on purpose, a prosecutor said Monday in her opening statement at his trial.
Deputy District Attorney Diana Garcia showed jurors the handgun that Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is accused of firing and said a ballistics expert will testify that the only way to fire it is to pull the trigger.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-10-23/murder-trial-that-sparked-immigration-debate-gets-underway
