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Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly said men came towards his home with an AK-47 aimed at him the day he was arrested for murder.<\/a><\/p>\n

“He turned towards me \u2026 pointed the AK at me. And that\u2019s when \u2014 everybody says was the dumbest thing I ever did \u2014 they said you should have shot him because he was getting ready to shoot you,” Kelly told NewsNation.<\/p>\n

Instead, he told the news outlet that he “shot over the tree, over the top of his head, and thank God him and the other guys ran.”<\/p>\n

Later that day – Jan. 30, 2023 – he found a body and called the sheriff’s department. Responding officers<\/a> accused Kelly of fatally shooting the victim, an illegal immigrant, and hauled him away in cuffs.<\/p>\n

ARIZONA RANCHER’S DEFENSE EXPERT RIPS $1M \u2018POLITICAL PROSECUTION\u2019 BY ETHICALLY BANKRUPT’ OFFICIALS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

His murder charge became the center of an already-contentious national debate about border security<\/a> raging throughout the country, especially in states bordering Mexico.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“They accused me of shooting him,” Kelley told NewsNation<\/a> in his first interview since he became a free man. “I said, \u2018No, I didn\u2019t shoot him.\u2019 And they said, \u2018Well, we think you did, and we\u2019re arresting you for first-degree murder.\u2019”<\/p>\n

JUDGE DECLARES MISTRIAL IN CASE OF ARIZONA RANCHER CHARGED WITH MURDER OF MEXICAN NATIONAL ON BORDER PROPERTY<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The 75-year-old man spent 22 days in jail, which he said was the worst experience of his life. “If hell is anything like that, I\u2019m gonna do everything I can not to go,” Kelly said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Seven jurors wanted to acquit Kelly, but one “lone holdout” was unwavering in wanting to convict the elderly rancher despite the evidence and testimony, according to the rancher’s lawyer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The judge declared the case a mistrial <\/a>in April, and prosecutors said they won’t have a retrial.<\/p>\n

The victim was identified as Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, and prosecutors claimed he was unarmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But Kelly’s defense lawyers said prosecutors failed to prove Cuen-Buitimea was shot by Kelly’s gun. The forensics and the ballistics didn’t match Kelly’s gun, according to the defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ARIZONA RANCHER GEORGE ALAN KELLY DEFENSE SAYS ‘LONE HOLDOUT’ JUROR BLOCKED ACQUITTAL, STATE WEIGHS 2ND TRIAL<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The fatal bullet was never recovered from the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t feel that I was treated fairly in the investigation,” Kelly said. “I think I was arrested without cause, without probable cause.”<\/p>\n

WATCH JUDGE WALK OUT:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kelly said he feared for his wife’s safety and his own. They were sitting on their patio when the rancher’s wife, Wanda Kelly, testified during the trial and said they saw armed men dressed in camouflage<\/u><\/a> and carrying rifles and backpacks walking about 100 feet from their home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ARIZONA RANCHER DEFENSE CONSULTANT CLAIMS ‘CARTEL INFLUENCE’ IN MURDER PROBE, RIPS SHERIFF’S PAST COMMENTS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Ron Martinelli, a criminologist working pro bono for Kelly’s defense team, accused the prosecutors of “extreme confirmation bias.”<\/p>\n

“Just imagine being on an isolated ranch in your 70s. You and your wife. And you are frequently seeing armed incursions on your ranch,” Martinelli told Fox News Digital in a previous interview.<\/p>\n

“It’s a war. We try to fight this war in an ethical, moral and legal way of doing it. But we can’t be obstructed by a degraded criminal justice and law enforcement system. We can’t allow that to happen in the United States of America. We want to be a free country.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now that the trial is over, Kelly and his wife want to “start life over again,” but it’s difficult after a costly trial.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We have no funds,” Kelly said. “Our life savings, it’s gone.”<\/p>\n

Martinelli said Kelly used about $2 million in personal funding and funding from their legal defense fund on GiveSendGo, an online fundraiser set up by the rancher’s wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n

George said that’s enough to keep them afloat for now, but he doesn’t know for how long.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That cloud\u2019s still over my head,” Kelly said. “It\u2019s a long road, and we\u2019re not out of danger yet, but we\u2019re not giving up. I\u2019m not going to let them beat me down.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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