Illegal immigrant acquitted in Kate Steinle murder trial faces new indictments

Published December 6, 2017 4:23am ET



Less than a week after being found not guilty of murdering Kate Steinle, illegal immigrant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate has been indicted on new charges by a federal grand jury.

The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that Zarate has been charged for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and for being “an illegally present alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition.”

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