George Alan Kelly, 74, posted the $1 million bond Wednesday, supported by nearly $400,000 raised by Christian supporters on GiveSendGo.
The elderly Arizona rancher accused of gunning down a border crosser with an AK-47 has been released on $1 million bond — helped by nearly $400,000 raised on a Christian fundraising site after GoFundMe refused to accept campaigns.
The dead man — Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48 — lived just south of the border in Nogales, Mexico, and has been convicted of illegal entry into the US and deported back to Mexico several times, most recently in 2016. However, the Christian fundraising platform GiveSendGo has four current campaigns for Kelly, raising just over $398,000 by Friday for his legal defense and emergency support for his family.
“It is a tragedy that a simple farmer, who should be protected by the government has been abandoned and had to defend himself,” the fundraiser says. “Alan and I are living a nightmare. He has been accused of a serious crime, and he is innocent. … Please help Alan come back home.” Kelly’s attorney, Brenna Larkin, has maintained that the rancher did not shoot and kill Cuen-Buitimea.
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