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A jury on Friday found a 39-year-old Willacy County man guilty of five counts related to a fatal robbery and kidnapping in 2021.
Fernando Abundez has been on trial since Monday.
The jury found him guilty of two counts of capital murder, a count of murder, a count of aggravated robbery and a count of aggravated kidnapping.
He was convicted of killing Martin Pena, whose body was found on May 12, 2021.
Pena’s pickup truck was found 4-and-a-half miles from where his body was found, in a ditch along County Road 1800 W and CR 180, the Willacy County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook at the time.
Abundez was found culpable of striking Pena on the head and throwing him out of a moving vehicle while robbing and committing him, according to the indictment.
Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 7.
The trial was held in the Cameron County Courthouse.
