Grieving widow demands justice, accountability in Socorro shooting

SOCORRO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — A grieving widow is demanding justice tonight, calling on prosecutors to charge two juveniles as adults in the murder of her husband.

“He was a very good person, a good father, a good son, a good husband, a very good worker who did everything possible to help his family get ahead,” said Areli Marquez about her late husband, Jose Avila, who was shot and killed in his own driveway. A crime that has shattered the life of Areli and her four children.

“They didn’t think about the consequences,” Marquez said. “They have no idea of the pain they have caused us. They completely destroyed our family. They left my children without the father.”…

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