Drug traffickers ‘BEHEAD special needs girl, 13, in Alabama because she saw them stab her grandma to death over her links to El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel’
Mariah Lopez, 13, and her grandmother Oralia Mendoza, 49, were killed on June 4 in Moon Cemetery outside of Huntsville, Alabama
New details emerged in court on Thursday in hearings for the two men charged
Yoni Aguilar, 26, and Israel Palomino, 34, are both charged with capital murder
Mendoza had dated Palomino in the past, but was currently dating and living with Aguilar at the time of her death
Prosecutors say grandma Oralia Mendoza, was tied to the Sinaloa Cartel
Slaying followed a dispute over a meth score between granny and Investigators say the men then drove the victims to a cemetery and Mendoza was fatally stabbed in front of her granddaughter Mariah
Aguilar told investigators that Palomino then forced him to kill the teen by beheading her in a secluded area because she was a witness.
Police found two knives tied to the murders – one under Palomino’s mattress, and the other under Aguilar’s
Victims: Mariah Lopez, 13, and her grandmother Oralia Mendoza,[photo], were killed on June 4 in Moon Cemetery outside of Huntsville, Alabama
A 13-year-old girl in Alabama was beheaded because she saw her Sinaloa Cartel-associated grandmother stabbed to death by drug traffickers, authorities have said.
Mariah Lopez and her grandmother Oralia Mendoza, 49, were killed on June 4 in Moon Cemetery outside of Huntsville, Alabama, prosecutors revealed in court on Thursday.
The crime details in the case came to light in a hearing for 26-year-old Yoni Aguilar, who along with 34-year-old Israel Palomino is charged with two counts of capital murder in their slayings.
At the hearing, investigators testified that the grandmother Mendoza had ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, AL.com reported.
Mariah Lopez and her grandmother Oralia Mendoza, 49, were killed on June 4 in Moon Cemetery outside of Huntsville, Alabama, prosecutors revealed in court on Thursday.
The crime details in the case came to light in a hearing for 26-year-old Yoni Aguilar, who along with 34-year-old Israel Palomino is charged with two counts of capital murder in their slayings.
At the hearing, investigators testified that the grandmother Mendoza had ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, AL.com reported.
Cartel hitmen Yoni Aguilar [left] and Israel Palomino [right], each charged with two counts each of capital murder in the slayings of Lopez and Mendoza
On June 2, two days before the murders, the two alleged killers joined Mendoza and another woman on a trip to Norcross, Georgia to score methamphetamine.
The two women were both linked to the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, investigators said.
Based in Mexico, the cartel was long run by Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, who is now in custody in the US pending trial.
The grandmother had previously dated Palominio and was living with and dating Aguilar at the time of her death.
The two men became suspicious of a double-cross when Palomino discovered that the grandma had removed a SIM card from her cell phone, and had sent texts to a mystery number during the drug run to Georgia, cops said.
Yoni Aguilar appeared in Madison County District Court on July 12, 2018 for a preliminary hearing in the killings
Grandmother Oralia Mendoza, [photo], was Mariah’s main guardian. She was also a drug runner associated with Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel which ultimately led to he death and that of her grand-daughter
Based in Mexico, the cartel was long run by Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán [photo], who is now in custody in the US pending trial
Although Mendoza was Mariah’s main guardian. Investigators say her ultimate undoing was her role as a drug runner associated with the Sinaloa Cartel
Leave a Reply