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A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a fatal stabbing in Brownsville after a jury convicted him of manslaughter rather than murder.
Ernesto De Los Reyes went to trial on Tuesday in the murder charge for the fatal stabbing of 20-year-old Rolando Reyna on Sept. 24, 2023.
Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz said Friday that De Los Reyes elected to have the jury sentence him, adding that he faced 2 to 20 years in prison on the manslaughter conviction.
The stabbing happened at approximately 5:24 a.m. that day at the Bella Terra Apartments in the 3200 block of Galeno Crossing.
Reyna was found outside in the apartment complex parking lot.
At the time, Brownsville police said the two had a verbal argument that turned into a physical altercation. Both Reyna and Reyes had been confrontational with each other throughout the night and that confrontation escalated in the parking lot, police said previously.
“Witnesses added that Reyes was inside the apartment complex and still had the knife with him,” police had said.
They ordered him out of the apartment, he complied and was arrested.
Shortly after his arrest, Reyna died at the hospital.
