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ST. MARTINVILLE, Louisiana -- St. Martin Parish authorities Thursday arrested four men accused of shooting to death and beheading a Mexican national who had been living in Lafayette.
Three of the alleged killers are illegal immigrants from Mexico and one lives in Youngsville, the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office said in a release issued Friday.
On Sept. 2. a fisherman in the Atchafalaya River found the decapitated body of 27-year-old Mario Lopez, the Sheriff’s Office said. Lopez had been shot several times. He was identified through fingerprints. Officials believe he was murdered on Aug. 31. The victim’s head has not been found.
The three men in the United States illegally were each booked with first-degree murder and second-degree kidnapping. They are Gustavo Acosta, 19, Julio Rodriguez, 22, and Jose Acosta, 34. They are being held without bond.
Posted by tyne at September 23, 2007