Hearings for two Laredo capital murder cases to take place this week
April 19, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
A judge's gavel for the files.Bjoern Wylezich /TNS
A murder case and two capital murder cases are scheduled to appear before Webb County district court judges this week.
On Tuesday, Rene Salas, 36, is scheduled for a hearing on the status of jury selection in the 406th District Court, according to court records.
Salas is charged with two counts of aggravated assault against a public servant, one count of assault on a family member, one count of injury to a child/elderly with intent of bodily injury and one count of attempt to commit capital murder of a peace officer.
Plea agreement to be presented in Laredo murder case
March 9, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
3of3
David Romeo Garza Jr., 23, is accused of fatally shooting Laredo Heat Coach Jose Eduardo Salinas Jr., 22, in the face back in 2018.
According to online court records, Garza’s attorney, Marcel Notzon, drafted a plea agreement that he will present to the Webb County District Attorney’s Office.
Last July, a status hearing occurred via Zoom where Garza was present via audio because he was having trouble connecting. He was home with COVID-19, according to the hearing notes.
The case unfolded just shy of 2 a.m. on March 6, 2018 at a gathering in the 1100 block of Topaz Trail in the Tiara De San Isidro Subdivision.
Hearings for two Laredo murder cases scheduled for Monday
March 8, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail
GavelMarilyn Nieves/Getty Images/Vetta
Two murder cases have hearings scheduled in two different Webb County courts on Monday morning. The defendants are David Romeo Garza Jr. and Adolfo Villalobos, whose cases date back to 2018 and 2014, respectively.
David Romeo Garza Jr., 23, is accused of fatally shooting Laredo Heat Coach Jose Eduardo Salinas Jr., 22, in the face back in 2018. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
In January, 341st District Court Judge Beckie Palomo scheduled a plea hearing for this morning. During a July status hearing that occurred via Zoom, Garza was home with COVID-19, according to the hearing notes.
2020: Year in Review - Part 1: Border wall, elections, crime among year's top stories
Dec. 30, 2020
FacebookTwitterEmail
Construction work on a new section of the border wall in Donna, Texas on Dec. 12, 2019. While COVID-19 has dominated the headlines in 2020, the year has still featured plenty of major news. And LMT’s four-part year in review series will take a look at both, beginning with the two-part top non-COVID headlines and culminating with a two-day look at the top COVID stories of 2020.Ilana Panich-Linsman /NYT
Editor’s note: 2020 has been filled to the brim with notable news, and it’s not just all related to the coronavirus pandemic. LMT will be taking a look at the top stories of the year — both related to COVID-19 and not at all — in a four-part series. We’ll start with Part 1 of 4, first discussing the top non-COVID stories of the year in its own two-part series.