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Victims' families confront Border Patrol agent who allegedly killed 4 Texas women
LAREDO, Texas – Families of the victims allegedly killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent got an early look at the defendant Thursday during a pretrial hearing.
Juan David Ortiz, dressed in a short-sleeved orange jumpsuit, shuffled into the fourth-floor courtroom of Webb County District Judge Oscar Hale, shackled at the wrists, waist and ankles.
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At the hearing, Ortiz's attorney, Joel Perez, said he planned to file a motion asking to reduce Ortiz's bail, currently set at around $2.5 million. Webb and Zapata County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said his office would vigorously contest any bail reduction. Another pretrial hearing was set for Oct. 3.
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Thursday's hearing was more subdued than an earlier hearing with Ortiz, where Cristina Benavides, Ramirez's mother, stood and yelled at the defendant, "¡Asesino maldito!" or "Damn murderer!", as bailiffs led him out of the courtroom. No such outburst occurred Thursday and Ortiz mostly avoided eye contacts with the visitors.
LAREDO, Texas – Families of the victims allegedly killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent got an early look at the defendant Thursday during a pretrial hearing.
Juan David Ortiz, dressed in a short-sleeved orange jumpsuit, shuffled into the fourth-floor courtroom of Webb County District Judge Oscar Hale, shackled at the wrists, waist and ankles.
[.....]
At the hearing, Ortiz's attorney, Joel Perez, said he planned to file a motion asking to reduce Ortiz's bail, currently set at around $2.5 million. Webb and Zapata County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said his office would vigorously contest any bail reduction. Another pretrial hearing was set for Oct. 3.
[.....]
Thursday's hearing was more subdued than an earlier hearing with Ortiz, where Cristina Benavides, Ramirez's mother, stood and yelled at the defendant, "¡Asesino maldito!" or "Damn murderer!", as bailiffs led him out of the courtroom. No such outburst occurred Thursday and Ortiz mostly avoided eye contacts with the visitors.