Just one of various guys convicted in connection with two lethal kidnappings in Lexington has been sentenced to everyday living in federal jail for his function in the crimes.
Ramon Camacho Zepeda, 54, was the previous of the defendants to be sentenced in connection to the deaths of Jose Olascoaga, 29, and Marco Antonio Tunai Ortiz, 27, whose bodies ended up identified in the trunk of a auto on Blue Sky Parkway in 2017.
Proof offered for the duration of the trial showed that Camacho Zepeda and a further person, Rosario Diaz Barraza, 32, “were distributing kilogram portions of cocaine and heroin in Lexington,” the Department of Justice claimed in a news release, and court docket information show that they demanded funds that they claimed Olascoaga owed them.
Camacho Zepeda and Diaz Barraza attacked Olascoaga and Ortiz at an automotive repair service organization that Olascoaga owned at 430 Blue Sky Parkway, then put their bodies into the trunk of a Volkswagen Jetta parked at the shop, court files show. Olascoaga’s wife referred to as law enforcement soon after getting their continues to be on Sept. 14, 2017.
The Justice Office stated a pathologist from the Kentucky Health care Examiner’s Workplace testified that Olascoaga died as a consequence of asphyxiation and “chop wounds” to the head, while Ortiz died from asphyxiation.
In April, a federal jury identified Camacho Zepeda, of Lexington, and Barraza of Phoenix, responsible of conspiracy to dedicate kidnapping and interstate transportation of stolen vehicles.
Camacho Zepeda was sentenced in federal courtroom in Lexington Friday by U.S. District Choose Karen Caldwell.
In September, Barraza was sentenced to 35 a long time in jail, adopted by five yrs of supervised launch, the justice department reported in a information launch.
A third male, John Carlos Betancourt, 27, of Penuelas, Puerto Rico, was convicted of interstate transportation of stolen cars and was sentenced in July to 84 months in prison, adopted by 3 several years of supervised launch, according to the justice department.
Two others, Jean Serrano-Jimenez, 31, and Jose Felix Tlatenchi, 39, each of Pennsylvania, recognized plea agreements. Serrano-Jimenez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to dedicate kidnapping and was sentenced in Oct to 168 months in prison, adopted by five years of supervised launch, in accordance to the justice section. Tlatenchi pleaded responsible as an accent following the point to the kidnappings and was sentenced in September to 121 months in jail and a few many years of supervised launch, court docket documents present.
Tlatenchi’s plea arrangement mentioned that he arrived at Olascoaga’s car store when the assault was happening and noticed Zepeda holding a massive object with a blade.
Courtroom paperwork indicated that Tlatenchi tried out to hide vehicles that belonged to Olascoaga by taking them to Pennsylvania, and obtaining registration and coverage for them in his title.
“This circumstance beautifully illustrates the brutal mother nature of drug trafficking two individuals suffered a violent conclusion since they received mixed up with the mistaken group,” J. Todd Scott, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Louisville Division, claimed in the release. “Lexington is a safer neighborhood nowadays, with a person much more violent offender sentenced to jail for committing these barbaric functions.”
