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US citizen wanted for killing a Nogales dentist shot dead in a gunfight with Sonora agents

News card from EXE Index. Headline: US citizen wanted for killing a Nogales dentist shot dead in a gunfight with Sonora agents. File photo from September 2019 (LIMO 5, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0): Agua Prieta's old border customs house, a red-brick building dated 1918 with a clock tower, framed by tall cypress trees and utility poles under a blue sky; not from Oct 17. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17 in colonia Ejidal 2, Agua Prieta, Sonora, time not given; agents serving an arrest warrant were fired on and the suspect died as they fired back; the suspect, Ernest or Ernesto N, 30, was a US citizen with a US record; the suspect was killed and two officers were wounded, both out of danger; prosecutors say he was wanted for the Oct 15 killing of a Nogales dentist over a loose tooth. Sources: Sonora state prosecutors via Uniradio, El Universal, Infobae. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-mx-agua-prieta. @exeindex.
News cardFile photo, Sept 2019: Agua Prieta's old border customs house (Wikimedia Commons File:Aduana fronteriza de Agua Prieta.jpg). Not from Oct 17. Photo: LIMO 5, CC BY-SA 4.0

Oct 17, Agua Prieta, Mexico: a US citizen, 30, wanted for killing a Nogales dentist was shot dead after firing on agents serving his arrest warrant, Sonora prosecutors say. Two officers were lightly hurt. They tie the…

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