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The four suspects accused of a weekend murder in Pharr were after money and drugs.
Edinburg residents Abraham Guadalupe Gonzalez, 22, Bianca Lizbeth Gutierrez, 32, Flor Alexis Sedano, 36, and Juan Gustavo Castellanos Iracheta, 23, were booked into the Hidalgo County Adult Detention Center on Monday on charges of capital murder, aggravated robbery and engaging in organized criminal activity.
They are accused of killing Augusto Emmanuel De La Torre Quiroz on Saturday at his residence at 520 E. Feather Avenue in Pharr.
The investigation began when Pharr police responded to the residence for a welfare concern. An officer on scene said in a probable cause affidavit that they saw an open garage door. The door that led into the residence was also ajar.
All of the suspects were seen leaving that residence and were detained, according to the affidavit.
Interviews with the suspects revealed that they drove to the residence “with the intention of taking money, drugs, and pick-up/transport two (2) unidentified males who were being held at said location.”
The affidavit stated that Gonzalez and Castellanos held Quiroz at gunpoint and began to bind his legs while Gutierrez and Sedano searched the residence for money and drugs.
The men fired handguns at the man during a struggle and fled, according to the affidavit, which states that Gonzalez returned to the residence and took a 2012 Gold GMC Terrain.
Castellanos, Gutierrez and Sedano remained jailed on a total of $2.5 million in bonds while Gonzalez remains jailed on a total of $3.5 million in bonds.
