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The Rio Grande Sniper Killings - Caught in the Sights of a Drug Conspiracy - cover

The Rio Grande Sniper Killings - Caught in the Sights of a Drug Conspiracy

John Primomo

Editorial: The History Press

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Untangle the complex conspiracy that led to the tragic deaths of Charlotte Kay Elliott and Kevin Edwin Frase on the banks of the Rio Grande. On the night of July 13, 1980, a hitman fired a high-powered rifle into the crowd at Pepe's On the River, an outdoor bar in Mission, Texas. He missed his target, a witness in the Loop 360 drug case, but killed two young bystanders. While state court prosecutions for capital murder inexplicably faltered, a federal court gave the assassin a life sentence for attempted murder of a grand jury witness. A member of the judge's staff who was present throughout the trial, author John W. Primomo revisits the dramatic twists and turns surrounding this murder on the Rio Grande.
Disponible desde: 03/04/2023.
Longitud de impresión: 146 páginas.

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