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Puerto Rico Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2009 Mass Shooting

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2013. David Oquendo-Rivas, 29, was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in the murder of eight people and an unborn child during a mass shooting at a Puerto Rico nightclub in 2009.
 
Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez made the announcement.

Oquendo-Rivas and his co-defendant, Alexis Candelario-Santana, were convicted by…

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