Murder suspect factors in cases [The Brownsville Herald, Texas]
By Emma Perez-Trevino, The Brownsville Herald, Texas | |
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |
Villarreal played a pivotal role in the federal charges against Munivez and Limas' alleged former middleman Jose Manuel "Meme" Longoria, who pleaded guilty in November, also to extortion.
Meanwhile, a state grand jury in June this year indicted Villarreal on a murder charge -- again.
This is the third time that Villarreal has been indicted by a state grand jury in the
Villalobos said Friday that he would meet with
Villarreal's attorney,
District Court records on Villarreal show that he was arrested in connection with Gonzalez's slaying
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A grand jury indicted Villarreal in Gonzalez's slaying
Judge
However, within days, the court learned on
On
The court recalled the arrest warrant.
The DA's Office then motioned to dismiss the murder case against Villarreal because he had been re-indicted on a murder charge.
The state District Court records show that Villarreal had been re-indicted
On
Alejandro did not accept the surrender, saying that there had been no new bond issued or ordered by the court on
The case continued to be reset for several months. It was reset to
Alejandro ruled that the state should recover the
However, the court record does not reflect a rearraignment.
A few years later, the murder indictment against Villarreal was dismissed at the request of the DA's Office on
The plea agreement
According to the plea agreement that Munivez signed with the
"Villarreal was residing in
Intercepted telephone calls in early 2008 showed that Longoria assisted in having Munivez provide information from the murder file to Villarreal in return for the bicycle, according to the record.
"Munivez traveled into
"On
The plea agreement states that in the morning of
"Longoria asked if Limas was there. He also urged Munivez to 'get the order' that would be in Longoria's name because, as he said, 'it's already paid for.' Munivez said he would go in a little while," the agreement states.
The plea agreement further states that on
Munivez agreed.
Before joining the DA's Office when Villalobos took office in
De
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