Youth Given 30-Year Term for Shooting Man on Raft
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From Associated Press
MARFA, Tex. — A 17-year-old was sentenced to 30 years in prison Saturday for fatally shooting a rafter on the Rio Grande last year.
Eduardo Rodriguez Pineda, a Mexican citizen who resides legally in the United States, was convicted Friday. Authorities said Rodriguez was one of four youths who stood atop 300-foot-high canyon walls overlooking the river on Nov. 19, 1988, and fired shots that struck and killed Michael Heffley, 40, of Eastland. His wife, Jamie, and their rafting guide were wounded.
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