Alleged Hitman Pleads Guilty In Alabama murder BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A man who claims to be a contract killer for multiple drug cartels in Mexico and admitted to killing dozens of people in several states pleaded guilty Thursday to murder in Alabama and was sentenced to serve 50 years in prison. Jose Manuel Martinez is also charged in 11 alleged contract killings in California and Florida. Court records show 52-year-old Martinez pleaded guilty to shooting Jose Ruiz in Lawrence County in March 2013. Investigators say Ruiz was shot to death after making a derogatory remark about Martinezs daughter. He was just matter of fact. They guy disrespected his daughter, so he did what he did, said District Attorney Errek Jett. The live-in boyfriend of Martinezs daughter was initially charged in the slaying of Ruiz, whose body was found in a field in northwest Alabama, said defense attorney Tommy Turner of Moulton. The boyfriend was released after telling authorities about Martinez, who opened up about multiple other killings once he was held in the killing of Ruiz, said Turner. Turner said its unclear exactly how many people Martinez claims to have killed at this point. Ive heard 36 or 46, but Ive never asked him, he said. continue to the link below.. huffingtonpost/2014/06/19/jose-manuel-martinez_n_5512119.html?utm_hp_ref=crime
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:59:54 +0000
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