Jurors in the capital murder trial of a former U.S. Border Patrol agent have heard him confess in a taped interview to killing four sex workers in South Texas.
FILE - A family member holds a photo of Claudine Luera during a prayer vigil in Laredo, Texas, on Sept. 19, 2018. Jurors in the capital murder trial of a former U.S. Border Patrol agent have heard him confess in a taped interview in early December 2022 to killing four sex workers in South Texas, including Luera. of a former U.S. Border Patrol agent have heard a taped interview in which he confesses to the 2018 killings of four sex workers in South Texas.
Juan David Ortiz told detectives in the video played in court last week that as he drove along a stretch of road that the women frequented, “the monster would come out,” thereported. He told investigators he wanted to “clean up the streets,” and referred to the women as “trash” and “so dirty.” After Pena escaped, Ortiz fled from the gas station but was later arrested when authorities tracked him to a hotel parking garage.
Capt. Federico Calderon of the Webb County Sheriff’s Department testified that officers who arrested Ortiz knew about the slayings of Ramirez and Luera, and while chasing him after Pena's escape learned that a third body — later identified as that of Cantu — had been found.
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