Witness who saw friend fatally shot by immigration agent in Texas last year dies in car accident
WASHINGTON (AP) — The passenger in the car when Texas driver Ruben Ray Martinez was fatally shot last year by a federal immigration agent gave a lengthy statement to lawyers for the slain man's family disputing the government's version of events. That witness died Saturday in a fiery car crash in San Antonio, according to a lawyer for Martinez's family. Joshua Orta rode with Martinez on a Spring Break trip last March when they came upon a group of local police and federal agents directing an...
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