ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal court jury has found a suspected prison gang associate guilty of the fatal shooting of a rival drug dealer in the Albuquerque-area.
Anthony Cordova was convicted on murder and racketeering charges on Tuesday after a three-year investigation by an FBI-led team that used testimony from informants from Syndicato de Nuevo Mexico prison gang.
The Albuquerque Journal reports the 53-year-old is facing life in prison for the charges.
Cordova was arrested in 2016 in connection to Shane Dix's 2005 death.
Cordova was living in Albuquerque and taking community college welding classes at the time of his arrest.
His family says Cordova had turned his life around.
Nearly 90 people have been indicted in a federal case that stemmed from the gang's foiled attempt to kill state corrections officials.