Teen pleads guilty in US border agent killing

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Saturday, November 21, 2009 - Added 118d 7h ago

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SAN DIEGO — A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times while chasing suspected illegal immigrants in the mountains east of San Diego.

Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez said he lured Agent Robert Rosas out of his car last July 23 and struggled over his gun during a robbery attempt, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

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This undated file image provided by the U.S. Border Patrol shows agent Robert Wimer Rosas, who was shot and killed while patrolling Thursday July 23, 2009 in southeastern San Diego County.