Hit man caught in lesbian love triangle convicted of murder

themonitor.com
December 08, 2011 7:52 PM
Jared Taylor

The Monitor

EDINBURG — Jurors convicted a Brazilian hit man Thursday who authorities said was hired by a lesbian to kill her husband after she found her paramour at a rural Alton taqueria.

Eduardo Leme de Oliveira learned his guilty verdict after the jury deliberated about two hours Thursday afternoon in Hidalgo County Auxiliary Court. The day’s proceedings were delayed for several hours after a bomb threat evacuated the courthouse.

Jurors found de Oliveira, 40, to be the trigger man behind the slaying of 42-year-old Juan Antonio Morales in October 2008.

Morales was the common-law husband of Julissa Gonzalez, 26, who pleaded guilty to her role in the murder-for-hire plot in May 2009. She is serving a 10-year sentence for the guilty plea; her co-worker and lover, Enedelia “Nellyâ€