Ex-Houston parks worker gets life over 2006 death
HOUSTON
Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty against 40-year-old
Jaime Arturo Zamora. He was convicted late Tuesday of capital
murder and receives an automatic life prison term.
The victim was Jose Perez of Pasadena. The Houston Chronicle
reports Perez was not the intended target, but looked like a man
Zamora allegedly wanted killed to avenge the death of a relative.
A judge in September sentenced Zamora in a cocaine and drug
money investigation. Zamora had pleaded guilty to conspiracy and
attempting to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
Prosecutors say Zamora also transferred and transported more than
$3 million from the Houston area to Mexico.
