A Barrio Azteca gang member from El Paso, Texas, died in federal custody on Saturday, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Ricardo “Chino” Valles de la Rosa was serving life in prison after admitting to serving in the 2010 ambush slayings of three people tied to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez.
Background
Valles de la Rosa faced the maximum life sentence on three counts of racketeering and drug conspiracy. The ambush targeted two cars leaving a birthday party in Juarez, killing U.S. Consulate worker Lesley Enriquez and her husband Arthur Redelfs, as well as Jorge Alberto Salcedo Ceniceros.
Valles de la Rosa admitted to tracking the cars and telling the gang to shoot the victims. The Barrio Azteca gang killed the victims because they mistakenly believed they were rivals associated with Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s drug trafficking organization.
Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
