Mexican National Convicted of Murder Sentenced to 33 Years

Last Update: 8/15 1:15 pm

STARR COUNTY - A Mexican national will spend the next 33 years in prison. A Starr County jury convicted him of the murder of a rival drug cartel member on a Roma street last summer.

Jose Arturo Santacruz was convicted of murdering Lauro Gonzalez last summer. Prosecutors claimed he was paid by the Gulf Cartel to gun down Gonzalez, a reported Zeta member.

Defense attorneys claimed Gonzalez beat Santacruz's wife as a motive for the murder. The jury didn't buy it. He was convicted and will spend 33 years behind bars.

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