Authorities said Tuesday that a woman’s estranged husband and four other men faced special boundary murder charges as police said they followed her for weeks, planned to kill someone, and then shot her outside the San Bernardino restaurant last month.
Yesenia Torres, 44, and her husband Sergio Reveles, 53, are in a controversial divorce that has been delayed for two years when police said the orgy paid a large sum of money to a group of people – Nearly hundreds of thousands of dollars – Nearly hundreds of thousands of dollars to kill her.
The couple owns several businesses in Southern California, with multimillion-dollar assets, the San Bernardino Police Department. Dominick Martinez said in a press conference Tuesday morning.
Five men were charged with murder in January in the killing of 44-year-old Yesenia Torres.
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However, it took about a month for the detective to fully resolve the case, which could have been a simple robbery error at first.
Torres left Hamburg on West Mill Street after noon on January 10, when a Ford escape SUV pulled up behind her silver Mercedes SUV. Surveillance video shows a man holding a gun identified by police as 31-year-old Gerardo Llamas, who approached her when she entered the driver’s seat.
“This fanatical attack took place in the light of the day, panoramic views of customers and staff working in the restaurant,” said San Bernardino Police Chief Darren Goodman.
After a brief conversation with Torres, the camel grabbed her wallet and tried to shoot her. Torres tried to fight back and grab the gun and then fought, but according to police and videotapes, Llamas maintained control of the gun.
At one point in the melee, a patron runs out of the restaurant to help Torres, but retreats quickly amid gunfire. The llama chases Torres at Mercedes while shooting her. Eventually, she tried to run back into the restaurant and was fatally injured. Martinez said there were a total of nine rounds in the attack.
Police found her unresponsiveness at the door of the restaurant, and she was later pronounced dead.
Martinez said witnesses gave police early clues: Martinez said the license plate number and license number and description of the fleeing suspect. Investigators also obtained surveillance videos showing the attack, which Martinez said was “to a large extent assisting the investigation.”
Police later discovered Ford’s escape was abandoned in the Walmart parking lot in San Bernardino. Martinez said Lamas and Lamas drivers were identified by police as Arnoldo Ruelas, 54, drove into another vehicle and entered a company, and they fled after changing clothes.
“We always ask ourselves one thing: What is the connection between the victim and our two suspects?” Martinez said.
Martinez said police found evidence inside the Ford SUV, which led them to encounter other suspects in the case. Authorities did not elaborate on the evidence found.
Detectives confirmed that Reynaldo Ruelas, 37, of Arnoldo Ruelas, runs with 42-year-old Juan Perez A company of the couple, Sergio’s pallet in San Bernardino, was linked to the murder. Martinez said Reynaldo Ruelas worked for Perez.
Martinez said police found more than $200,000 in cash and “numerous” guns while providing search warrants to several businesses and residences linked to the suspect.
Prosecutors and court records show Camel, Arnoldo and Renaldo Ruelas, Juan Perez, and the victim’s estranged husband, Reveles, faced a special situation for murder, because The charges lay in waiting, murder, economic murder and murder.
The men were detained and could not comment immediately; as of Tuesday afternoon, lawyers had not been assigned to suspects.
If convicted, each of them faces the highest life sentence without parole.
The San Bernardino County District said the police investigation was an “incredibly tireless effort.” Atti. Jason Anderson.
“You might feel like there must be more in this story,” he said. “The tragedy and tragedy of having a man being assassinated at one of San Bernardino’s favorite restaurants – it’s a very, very sad case. ”
