"Hitman pleads guilty in Ala. killing" by Jay Reeves | Associated Press June 20, 2014
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A man who claims to be a contract killer for multiple drug cartels in Mexico and who admitted to killing dozens of people in several states pleaded guilty Thursday to murder in Alabama and was sentenced to serve 50 years in prison.
Jose Manuel Martinez is also charged in 11 contract killings in California and Florida.
Court records show Martinez, 52, pleaded guilty to shooting Jose Ruiz in Lawrence County in March 2013. Investigators say Ruiz was shot to death after making a derogatory remark about Martinez’s daughter.
The live-in boyfriend of Martinez’s daughter was initially charged in the slaying of Ruiz, whose body was found in a field in northwest Alabama, said defense attorney Tommy Turner of Moulton.
The boyfriend was released after telling authorities about Martinez, who opened up about other killings once he was held in the killing of Ruiz, said Turner. Turner said it’s unclear how many people Martinez claims to have killed.
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The one-day wonder quality of the item makes one wonder to which US intelligence or government agency the guy was connected, and did he get his guns from Operation Fast and Furious or a reasonable facsimile thereof.
If the Globe gives me anything else from Alabama I'll patch it in as an update.
