EL CAJON (CNS) – A 75-year-old man convicted of killing another man in Ramona over a rent-related dispute was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years to life in state prison.
Michael Allen Hughes was convicted by an El Cajon jury of first degree- murder for the 2020 shooting of Mario Velasquez Cardoso, who was a tenant at a home where Hughes’ girlfriend was the landlord.
According to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, Hughes’ girlfriend and Cardoso’s family were engaged in a months-long feud, which led Hughes to kill the victim on the morning of Nov. 5, 2020…