2 found guilty of killing family on Fla. turnpike
source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96O2E100&show_article=1&catnum=0
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Two men were convicted Thursday of gunning down a family of four along a dark stretch of Florida's Turnpike to settle a drug debt and now could face the death penalty.
A federal jury deliberated three days before convicting Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez Jr., both 25, of armed carjacking resulting in deaths, conspiracy, weapons counts and drug offenses.
Two others—Danny Varela, 28, and Liana Lopez, 20—also were convicted on drug conspiracy and weapons charges. They face life in prison.
The bodies of Jose Luis Escobedo, 28; his wife, Yessica Guerrero Escobedo, 25; and their sons, Luis Julian, 4, and Luis Damian, 3; were found alongside the road on Oct. 13, 2006. The bodies laid in a twisted mound in the grass, shot at close range.
Yessica Escobedo suffered 11 gunshot wounds, "shot to pieces by two assassins," prosecutor Stephen Carlton told jurors. Her body still cradled her two young sons in her arms in an apparent attempt to shield them. They were shot a total of 10 times. Jose Escobedo was shot five times in the head and groin.
A federal jury deliberated three days before convicting Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez Jr., both 25, of armed carjacking resulting in deaths, conspiracy, weapons counts and drug offenses.
Two others—Danny Varela, 28, and Liana Lopez, 20—also were convicted on drug conspiracy and weapons charges. They face life in prison.
The bodies of Jose Luis Escobedo, 28; his wife, Yessica Guerrero Escobedo, 25; and their sons, Luis Julian, 4, and Luis Damian, 3; were found alongside the road on Oct. 13, 2006. The bodies laid in a twisted mound in the grass, shot at close range.
Yessica Escobedo suffered 11 gunshot wounds, "shot to pieces by two assassins," prosecutor Stephen Carlton told jurors. Her body still cradled her two young sons in her arms in an apparent attempt to shield them. They were shot a total of 10 times. Jose Escobedo was shot five times in the head and groin.
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