U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was fatally shot on Dec. 14, 2010, when he and other Border Patrol agents encountered armed robbers in a rural area north of Nogales, Arizona.
Seven defendants have been charged in connection with his murder, including Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez, who was indicted by a federal grand jury in Tucson yesterday.
Burboa-Alvarez, 30, is described in the indictment as the recruiter who assembled the crew of armed robbers to travel from Mexico to the United States and forcibly take marijuana from smugglers through threats or actual violence.
The indictment charges Burboa-Alvarez and others with first degree murder, second degree murder, conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery and attempted interference with commerce by robbery.
Other crew members are also charged with use and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer.
Two defendants have pleaded guilty, three are awaiting trial, and two are fugitives.
Burboa-Alvarez was already in custody in Tucson for immigration-related crimes and is scheduled to be arraigned in federal court today.
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