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| Mexican Cartel Hit Man Found Guilty of Murder in Dallas |
| 2011-05-06 |
| About 3 a.m. on April 20, 2009, Aviles-Sánchez was riding in a Hummer, leading a four-vehicle caravan around Dallas. The friends had been partying at a rodeo and a nightclub, and went to the Oak Cliff restaurant for food and more drinks. The owner of the restaurant, Santos Lozano Sr., who was riding with Aviles-Sánchez, got out to unlock the parking lot gate and open the restaurant when two gunmen appeared. Evidence showed that they strafed the Hummer with assault rifle fire. Aviles-Sánchez died at the scene. Several people in the caravan returned fire with handguns. Two of them were shot, including the restaurant owner’s son, but both recovered. Rangel was also shot in the ankle, and smashed his head as he fled over a nearby fence and a rock wall to escape as police converged on the scene. Officers, guns drawn, followed a trail of his blood under a nearby bridge. There they found him hiding beside a pillar. Along the trail they found a black hoodie and a black cap, which was linked to Rangel by DNA. Police also found an AK-47. It had no fingerprints on it because Rangel had been wearing gloves, which were found nearby. The weapon had 20 rounds still in the 40-round magazine. An autopsy showed that Aviles-Sánchez, who was shot in the neck, arm and back, was killed by bullets from two different AK-47s. One came from Rangel’s seized rifle. Police said they suspect the second triggerman was Ruben Galvan, who is currently in federal custody in Dallas. He pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing in a federal drug case linked to the La Familia cartel. He was not charged in Aviles-Sánchez’s murder because no DNA linked him to the scene, a detective testified Wednesday. |
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