By City News Service
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SANTA ANA (CNS) - A 24-year-old man was convicted today for his role in the fatal shooting of a drug dealer in Placentia, an attack allegedly ordered by the head of the Orange County branch of the Mexican Mafia.
Augustine Velazquez was convicted of murder, conspiracy, burglary and attempted robbery in the Jan. 19, 2017, killing of 35-year-old Robert Rios. Jurors, who deliberated for about a day, also found true special circumstances allegations of murder during a robbery.
Velazquez, who is scheduled to be sentenced July 23, faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.