Jury finds man guilty in fisherman murder

August 19, 2008 - 3:36PM
By LAURA B. MARTINEZ AND LAURA TILLMAN/The Brownsville Herald

A Cameron County jury has found Jose Miguel Vasquez Jr., 41, guilty in the May 2006 stabbing death of Port Isabel fisherman George Garza.

The jury deliberated for about three hours before reaching a decision shortly after 3 p.m. this afternoon.

Authorities said Vasquez stabbed Garza 33 times on the night of May 16, 2006 at Oliveira Park on El Paso Road.

It's believed Vasquez and another man lured Garza to the park under the pretense of a business deal involving the sell of marijuana.

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