Portales man sentenced in 2016 double homicide
Jose Zapata receives 13 years in plea agreement.
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Steve Hansen
Jose Zapata reads a statement at his sentencing hearing in a Ninth Judicial District courtroom in Portales. Seated is his attorney, Nicholas Hart.
A Portales man accused of killing two people in 2016 was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in prison. Jose Zapata, 39, pleaded no-contest to voluntary manslaughter charges in both slayings.
District Judge Donna Mowrer pronounced Zapata guilty of the...
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