Feds won’t pursue third trial against Lonnie Swartz

PHOENIX (AP) – Federal prosecutors on Thursday said they would not pursue another trial against a Border Patrol agent who fatally shot a Mexican teenager across a border fence but who was twice acquitted.
A filing in court shows prosecutors say they will no longer purse the case against Lonnie Swartz, the agent who killed 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in October 2012.
In April, Swartz was acquitted of second-degree murder, but a jury deadlocked on manslaughter charges. Prosecuto