The Western Journal
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The fundraising website GoFundMe has seemingly picked a side in the ongoing legal case involving a rancher who is accused of killing an illegal immigrant who crossed onto his land.
The site has removed multiple pages that were set up to support and raise money for the embattled Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly, who is currently being held in jail on a $1 million bond.
According to the Daily Mail, GoFundMe removed the fundraisers due to its policy of not defending those accused of “violent crime.”
Kelly, 73, committed the alleged crime on Jan. 30 when illegal immigrant Gabriel Cuen-Butimea was shot and killed on Kelly’s land near Nogales, Arizona.
Defenders of Kelly have pointed out that he has had issues with illegal aliens trekking across his ranch before and are pleading with the court to lower his bond.
The elderly rancher has tried to fight for his release so that he could aid his wife in tending to their livestock, as reported by the Daily Mail.
Supporters of Kelly have turned to the website GiveSendGo to raise money for his bond.
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