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Story by TIM SULLIVAN
Hidalgo County prosecutors have secured a guilty plea from the second of four men charged in a drive-by shooting in which a 6-year-old Alton-area girl was killed.
47-year-old Juan Roman Garcia Olaguez, who was charged with capital murder, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of murder. As part of the plea agreement which would bring a lesser prison term, Olaguez must testify against a co-defendant in his trial that’s scheduled to begin Tuesday.
Olaguez admitted Monday he was one of the gunmen in several vehicles who fired a barrage of bullets at a house on the 2400 block of Valencia Avenue northwest of Alton. One of the bullets that penetrated the home struck 6-year-old Yvone Mireles in the head.
The deadly drive-by shooting dates back to February 2021. What motivated the gunfire is unclear.
