HOUSTON (Fox26Houston) - On Friday, a Houston woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison for getting a man attacked by gang members & then shot dead.
Karla Jackelin Morales, 24, pleaded guilty to luring Jose Alfonso Villanueva, 24, to a remote area to be attacked with a machete & then shot on July 29, 2018.
Morales brought Villanueva to a field claiming they would smoke marijuana to celebrate his birthday.
Instead, there were 5 members of the gang MS-13 there to kill him. Villanueva allegedly disrespected the men in a rap battle, so they were upset with him.
The group slashed Villanueva with a machete & then shot him when he tried to run away. His body was found about a week later.
"This women knowingly lured an innocent man to be murdered by 5 MS-13 gang members in the most brutal & depraved manner that you could imagine sending shockwaves and fear throughout the Houston community," said Acting Special Agent in Charge Robert Kurtz, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston. "By working in conjunction with our local law enforcement partners and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, we were able to hold all of the individuals responsible for this horrifying tragedy accountable and hopefully bring some closure to the victim’s family."
The gang members were also convicted in Villanueva’s murder.
Morales was supposed to go to trial in October 2021 but jumped bond & cut off her ankle monitor. She was later arrested in Houston 9 months later.
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